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A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.

e race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.

, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub.

Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground. [Written also hypogæous.]

Exhibiting a downward convexity caused by unequal growth. Cf. Epinastic.

Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns.

Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. [Obs.] So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.

To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody. The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton.

To sink to the state of a brute. The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Milton.

being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird.

Growing wholly under water. Gray.

To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton.

; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak.

To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. Milton.

To grow better; to advance or make progress in what is desirable; to make or show improvement; as, to improve in health. We take care to improve in our frugality and diligence. Atterbury.

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc. I look upon your city as the best place of improvement. South. Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties. Blair.…

Tending to improve, beneficial; growing better. -- Im*prov"ing*ly, adv. Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.