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, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. Shak.

A lazy person; a blockhead. [Obs.] Tusser.

Having capacity of growth. [R.] J. Hamilton.

A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S. Mill.

A growth or development inward. J. LeConte.

Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth.

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

Excessive growth.

The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley.

That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. Milton.

The process or result of growing up; progress; development. The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy. J. R. Green.

In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.

To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

iring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.

Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.] The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge.

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot.

Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill.

To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.

Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.

The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.