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crescit eundo

American  
[kres-kit e-oon-doh, kres-it ee-uhn-doh] / ˈkrɛs kɪt ɛˈʊn doʊ, ˈkrɛs ɪt iˈʌn doʊ /
Latin.

  1. it grows as it goes: motto of New Mexico.

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Certainly a story at all scandalous crescit eundo.

From Project Gutenberg

Crescit eundo--like rumor, it increases in size as it goes.

From Project Gutenberg

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