vb, grew  grown  grow*ing vi  1 a  :  to spring up and develop to maturity  b  :  to be able to grow in some place or situation  c  :  to assume some relation through or as if through a process of natural growth <the cut edges of the wound grew together>   2  :  to increase in size by addition of material by assimilation into the living organism or by accretion in a nonbiological process (as crystallization) vt  :  to cause to grow <grew bacteria in culture>  .
 
 
 
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