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Webster 1913 Edition

Growth

Growth

(grōth)
,
Noun.
[Icel. grōðr, grōði. See
Grow
.]
1.
The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence;
as, the
growth
of trade; the
growth
of power; the
growth
of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in
growth
.
Shak.
2.
That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Nature multiplies her fertile
growth
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Growth

GROWTH

,
Noun.
The gradual increase of animal and vegetable bodies; the process of springing from a germ, seed or root,and proceeding to full size, by the addition of matter, through ducts and secretory vessels. In plants, vegetation. We speak of slow growth and rapid growth; of early growth; late growth and full growth.
1.
Product; produce; that which has grown; as a fine growth of wood.
2.
Production; any thing produced; as a poem of English growth.
3.
Increase in number, bulk or frequency.
4.
Increase in extent or prevalence; as the growth of trade; the growth of vice.
5.
Advancement; progress; improvement; as growth in grace or piety.

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