| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  w ks |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: waxed, wax·ing, wax·es
1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity. 2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full. 3. To grow or become as specified: “could afford … to wax sentimental over their heritage” (John Simon). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan. See aug- in Appendix I.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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