primary meaning “to increase” (trs. intrs.); hence: to keep on, to prosper, to multiply, to grow SN.i.15 (read vaḍḍh˚ for vaṭṭ˚); SN.ii.206 (vaṇṇena), SN.iv.73, SN.iv.250; AN.v.249 (paññāya); Snp.329 …

increases, grows more and more; grows higher than, outgrows (+ acc.).

…over ˚bhavati overcome, ˚vaḍḍhati increase, ˚vuṭṭha poured out or over, ˚sandeti make over-flow, ˚siñcati sprinkle over 3. abhi…

…Pv-a.94 (= balīyati, vaḍḍhati)
fut abhihessati see abhihāreti 4
ger abhibhuyya Vin.i.294; Dhp.328;…

adjective noun increasing (trs.), augmenting; f. ˚ī Sdhp.68.

fr. abhivaḍḍhati

1. to increase (intrs.) DN.i.113, DN.i.195 (opp. hāyati); MN.ii.225; AN.iii.46 (bhogā a.); Dhp.24; Mil.374; Pv-a.8, Pv-a.133; Sdhp.288, Sdhp.523.
2. to grow over or beyond, to outgrow Ja.iii.399 (va …

grown up Mil.361.

pp. of abhivaḍḍhati, see also ˚*vuḍḍha*

increased, enriched Pv-a.150.

pp. of abhivaḍḍhati, see also ˚*vuddha*

…Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati). 2. (adv.) in a higher degree, more, repeatedly, further SN.i.108 (appaṃ vā bhīyo less or more);…

…vuḍḍhatara).

for vuḍḍha, pp. of vṛdh, see vaḍḍhati

…gihī dhaññena dhanena vaḍḍhati DN.iii.165
■ Other passages in general SN.ii.120, SN.ii.269; SN.iii.11; SN.iv.180, SN.iv.300 sq.;…

…MN.iii.46 sq. (opp. abhivaḍḍhati); SN.i.120, SN.i.137; SN.iii.125; SN.iv.76 sq.; AN.iii.252; Dhp.364; Snp.767; Ja.ii.197; Ja.iv.108; Mnd.5…

to increase, to be happy or prosperous Mil.297 (cittaṃ p.; opp. pariyādiyati).

pari + vṛdh

…(cittaṃ p.; opp. to parivaḍḍhati)

pp pariyādinna (q.v.).

sometimes spelt ˚diyyati, e.g. Cnd. s.v.; pari +…

grown up, increased, big, strong Ja.v.340 (˚kāya of huge stature; so read for pavaddha˚; explained as vaḍḍhita-kāya).

pp. of pavaḍḍhati

to grow up, to increase MN.i.7; SN.ii.84, SN.ii.92; Snp.306 (3^rd sg. praet. ˚atha); Dhp.282, Dhp.335 Dhp.349; Pp.64; Pv-a.8 (puññaṃ)
pp pavaḍḍha pavuddha.

pa + vṛdh

…(anuggahissati), AN.iii.44 (vaḍḍhati); AN.iv.13 sq. (pariyogāhamāna); AN.v.39 (disvā) Snp.1035 (see Cnd.380#ii); Iti.93 (moh’aggiṃ,…

…SN.i.18, SN.i.20; pavaḍḍhati SN.i.33; corehi duharaṃ SN.i.36 puññānaṃ vipāko AN.iv.89; āgamo SN.iii.209 SN.iv.349 opadhikaṃ…

…and also abhi˚; (e.g. abhivaḍḍhati → saṃvaḍḍhati), with which often combined as abhisaṃ˚
■ Bdhgh & Dhpāla explain;…

to grow Ja.iv.429 (= vaḍḍhati).

saṃ + rūhati

grown up, brought up DN.i.75; DN.ii.38; Pv-a.66.

pp. of saṃvaḍḍhati

…(ppr pass. ˚vaḍḍhiyamāna).

saṃ + vaḍḍhati

…manujassa pamatta-cārino t vaḍḍhati māluvā viya Dhp.334 2. taṇhā as the inciting factor of rebirth & incidental cause of saṃsāra…

…cheerful Ja.v.6.

pp. of vaḍḍhati; see also vaḍḍha, vuḍḍha & vuddha. The root given by Dhtp (166) for;…

…with variant reading as vaḍḍhati
caus 1 vaṭṭeti to turn or twist Ja.i.338…

…Snp.p.108 (+ mahallaka); DN-a.i.283.

pp. of vaḍḍhati

…Snp.p.108 (+ mahallaka); DN-a.i.283.

pp. of vaḍḍhati