Wax (?), v. i. [imp.Waxed (?); p. p.Waxed, and Obs. or PoeticWaxen (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Waxing.] [AS. weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. växa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. � to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. ���. Cf. Waist.]
1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; — opposed to wane.
The waxing and the waning of the moon. Hakewill.
Truth's treasures... never shall wax ne wane. P. Plowman.
2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. Deut. xxix. 5.
Where young Adonis oft reposes,
Waxing well of his deep wound. Milton.
Waxing kernels(Med.), small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; — popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. Dunglison.