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† ˈto-grow, v. Obs. rare.
[f. to-1 + grow v.]
intr. To grow to or towards (something).
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 230 Tho that haue a longe heede, and the eeris to-growynge to the forhede negh to the noose.
Hence † to-ˈgrowing, (a) vbl. n., a growth, an excrescence; (b) ppl. a., growing on, attached.[But in these the prefix is perh. to-2.] 1562Turner Herbal ii. 31 The iuice..healeth outwaxynges or to growinges in the fleshe. Ibid. 70 b, Ornithogalum is a tendre stalk..with ij. or thre togrowyng branches in ye top. |