Wax \Wax\, v. i. [imp. Waxed; p. p. Waxed, and Obs. or
Poetic Waxen; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.]
[AS. weaxan; akin
to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen,
Icel. vaxa, Sw. v["a]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. ? to
increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. ???. Cf. Waist.]
1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
fuller; -- opposed to wane.
The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.
Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.
--P. Plowman.
2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as,
to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to
wax old; to wax worse and worse.
Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut.
xxix. 5.
Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his
deep wound. --Milton.
Waxing kernels (Med.), small tumors formed by the
enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the
groins of children; -- popularly so called, because
supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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