prō-cresco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n.I.To grow forth, spring up, arise, proceed (ante- and post-class.): quattuor ex rebus posse omnia procrescere, Lucr. 1, 715.—B.Trop.: vis morbi procrescit, Lucr. 6, 664.—II.To continue to grow, to grow up, grow larger, increase.A.Lit.: res progigni et genitas procrescere posse, Lucr. 2, 566.— B.Trop.: qui (amor) si officiorum ratione coleretur, non ultra myrtos laurusque procresceret, Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 2 Mai.