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单词 to grow upon
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to grow upon
a. To increase so as to be more troublesome to. Now only of a business or the like, to grow upon one's hands.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > exacerbate suffering [verb (transitive)] > grow more troublesome or distressing to
to grow on or upon1608
1608 Bp. J. Hall Pharisaisme & Christianity 36 How shamefully is this latter vice [sc. drunkenness] (especiallie) growne vpon vs with time?
1656 J. Denham Destr. Troy 21 Then their numbers swell And grow upon us.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xviii. 397 Divisions have come to grow upon us..by the Neglect of practick duties.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 61 This..is of a kind apt enough to grow upon our hands.
1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 12 The disgrace, and the necessity of yielding, both of them, grow upon you every hour of your delay.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. xiv. 308 From that hour another phase of his misery began; and grew upon him.
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