ex-crēsco , crēvī, crētum, ere, I) heraus-, hervorwachsen, caro in eo (ulcere) excrescit, Cels.: caro excreverat in latere eius ... ... rei, Plin.: litium series ubique maiorem in modum excreverat, Suet.: ne in caput excrevisse videatur (prooemium), Quint.