Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WAX, v.i. [pret. waxed; pp. waxed or waxen. Sax. weaxan; G. wachsen; Sw. vaxa; allied probably to L. augeo, auxi, Gr. αεξω, and αυξω.]

1. To increase in size; to grow; to become larger; as, the waxing and the waning moon. – Hakewill.
2. To pass from one state to another; to become; as, to wax strong; to wax warm or cold; to wax feeble; to wax hot; to wax old; to wax worse and worse. – Scripture.