1. to make to grow to : metaphorically to make sure, confirm , (Aeschulus Tragicus)

2. Pass. or Mid. to grow to or upon , with dative, (Euripides):—;metaphorically to cling to , τῷ προσφὺς ἐχόμην (Odyssey by Homer); and absolute, προσφῦσα (Iliad by Homer); of a fish, τὠγκίστρῳ ποτεφύετο (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)