Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GROWTH, n.

1. The gradual increase of animal and vegetable bodies; the process of springing from a germ, seed or root, and proceeding to full size, by the addition of matter, through ducts and secretory vessels. In plants, vegetation. We speak of slow growth and rapid growth; of early growth, late growth, and full growth.
2. Product; produce; that which has grown; as, a fine growth of wood.
3. Production; any thing produced; as, a poem of English growth. Dryden.
4. Increase in number, bulk or frequency. Johnson.
5. Increase in extent or prevalence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of vice.
6. Advancement; progress; improvement; as, growth, in grace or piety.