{"def":{"short":"to grow (\"wax\"), i.e., enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive)","long":["to cause to grow, augment","to increase, become greater","to grow, increase",["of plants","of infants","of a multitude of people","of inward Christian growth"]]},"deriv":"a prolonged form of a primary verb","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑβˈk͡sɑ.no","ipa_mod":"ɑfˈk͡sɑ.now","sbl":"auxanō","dic":"av-KSA-noh","dic_mod":"af-KSA-noh"}}