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Definition of Make grow
1. Verb. Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. "He developed a new kind of apple"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Build Up, Develop
Causes: Grow, Develop
Specialized synonyms: Grow, Work Out, Work Up, Elaborate, Work Out, Foliate, Check, Condition, Discipline, Train
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Grow
Literary usage of Make grow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Japanese Grammar by Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1868)
"... mu, muru, then the intransitive verbs cited here become transitive or properly
factive: Sirom)e, u, uru, to make grow white, = to whiten; ..."
2. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"... is in vaine : For violeta pluckt the sweetest showers Will ne'er make grow
againe. Our joys as winged dreams doe flye, Why, then, should sorrow last? ..."
3. Other Merchants and Sea Captains of Old Boston: Being More Information about by State Street Trust Company, Boston (1919)
"A young " Parsee," representing one of the largest mercantile houses in Bombay,
asked Codman: " How this ice make grow in your country ..."
4. Latin Lessons: Designed to Prepare for the Intelligent Reading of Classical by Henry Preble, Lawrence Cameron Hull (1893)
"... to make grow, feed, rear, raise; hence, to promote, cherish. Alexander, -dri, [Greek
proper name, ..."
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