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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
grow toexcess ; becomehuge ;overgrow ;swell .
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From Middle English forwaxen, from Old English forweaxan ("to progress, grow too much, become overgrown"), equivalent to for- + wax (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with German verwachsen ("to grow together, heal over, overgrow").
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