GROWTH
ADJECTIVES
► WANTON profuse in growth, luxuriant, rank → 1590 poetic usage
NOUNS
► ACME the period of full growth, the flower or full-bloom of life → 1620 obs.
► CREASING an increasing, increase, growth → 1398 obs.
► CRESCENCE growth, increase → 1602 obs.
► ELATION growth → c1420 obs.
► HOTBED a place that promotes the rapid growth or development of any phenomenon, esp. of something harmful or undesirable → 1693
► SHORT GROWTH failure of growth in a child → 1965 Amer. dial.
► VUXTER increase in weight, the putting on of flesh, growth → 1914 Sc.
VERBS
► HOTBED to promote the rapid growth or development of a person or thing → 1826
► PROPERATE to quicken the growth of → 1675 obs.
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