Lewis & Short

ex-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. inch. n., to grow out or forth, to grow up, rise up (not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: quae si satis excreverint (palmae), Col. 4, 21, 3: abies, larix, palma in longitudinem, Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125: lactucae ad semipedem, id. 19, 8, 39, § 131: in omni domo nudi ac sordidi in hos artus, in haec corpora quae miramur excrescunt, Tac. G. 20; Aug. Serm. 216, 7: colles sensim excreverant rudere, Front. Aquaed. 18: solum tumulo in altum, Luc. 4, 11: si quando flumen imbribus ad tempus excrevit, is swollen, Dig. 43, 11, 1.
    2. B. In partic., of morbid excrescences on the body: excreverat in dexteriore latere ejus caro, Suet. Galb. 21: carnis excrescentes, Plin. 23, 6, 59, § 111: arsenicum tollit quicquid excrescit, id. 34, 18, 56, § 178.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Subst.: excre-scentia, ium, n., in medic. lang., morbid excrescences on the body, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 93; 22, 21, 29, § 61; 24, 4, 5, § 9; 24, 5, 11, § 19; 34, 18, 50, § 169 al.
  2. II. Trop., to grow immoderately, to increase, enlarge: nec minus evitanda est immodica ejus prooemii longitudo, ne in caput excrevisse videatur, Quint. 4, 1, 62: fructus in tantum excrevit, ut, etc., Dig. 36, 1, 27, § 16 fin.: litium series, Suet. Vesp. 10.
    Hence, ex-crētus, a, um, P. a., grown up, fullgrown: animalia, Lact. 2, 11 med. al. (so, haedi, Verg. G. 3, 398, acc. to Serv., but v. excerno, II. A.).