Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In pathology, increasing in gravity; growing more severe: as, ingravescent apoplexy.
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Examples
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About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.
John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 3 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.
John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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About two o'clock in the day he complained of a feeling of faintness, said he felt ill and should not recover; and in a few minutes was insensible with symptoms of ingravescent apoplexy.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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