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Latin
Etymology
From in- + valēscō (“grow strong”).
Pronunciation
Verb
invalēscō (present infinitive invalēscere, perfect active invaluī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become strong
- to strengthen
- to increase, prevail, predominate
1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:Hinc porro freno religionis sanctissimae proiecto […], conspicimus ordinis publicis exitum, labem principatus, omnisque legitimae potestatis conversionem invalescere.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
References
- “invalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “invalesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- invalesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.