(cf. √ 1. ukṣ) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 11]) vakṣati (pf. vavakṣa fut. vakṣitā &c. Gr.; really there occur only the pf. forms vavákṣa, vavákṣitha, vavakṣatuḥ, vavakṣúḥ, vavakṣé, vavakṣire), to grow, increase, be strong or powerful, [RV.]; to be angry, [Dhātup.] : Caus. vakṣayati, to make grow, cause to be strong, [RV.]
[cf. Gk. ἀέξω, αὐξάνω; Lith. aúgti; Goth. wahsjan, 1; Germ. wahsan, wachsen; Angl.Sax. weaxan; Eng. wax; see also under √ 1. ukṣ.]