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pavaḍḍhati

pr 3rd sg of pavaḍḍhati (verb)

1. increases; develops; grows
2. (of an illness) gets worse; lit. increases

Etymology. pa + vaḍḍha + ti; from √vaḍḍh 'grow, increase'; Sanskrit pravardhate [pravṛdh]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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