Lewis & Short

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rĕ-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. n., to grow again, to grow up or increase again (mostly poet. and post-Aug.): ergo terra tibi libatur et aucta recrescit, Lucr. 5, 260: favete nomini Scipionum, suboli imperatorum vestrorum, velut accisis recrescenti stirpibus, Liv. 26, 41 fin.: praecisa ossa, Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216: luna pleno orbe, Ov. H. 2, 5: recretis crinibus, that have grown again, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 560.