I.v. inch. n. [aegreo], to become ill, to grow sick (not in Cic.).
II. Fig.
A. To grow worse: violentia Turni exsuperat magis, aegrescitque (i. e. asperior fit) medendo, * Verg. A. 12, 45: “in corde sedens aegrescit cura parentis,” Stat. Th. 1, 400.—
B. To be troubled, anxious, afflicted, grieved: “rebus laetis,” Stat. Th. 2, 18: his anxia mentem Aegrescit curis (mentem, Gr. acc.), id. ib. 12, 193: “sollicitudine,” Tac. A. 15, 25 fin.