grow to do

grow to do something

to gradually begin to do certain things, using verbs such as feel, know, like, need, respect, sense, suspect, think, want, wonder, etc. I grew to hate Bob over a period of years. As I grew to know Bob, I began to like him.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maunu	MOW-noo	Finnish
Theresa	tə-REE-sə (English), tə-RAY-zə (English), te-RE-zah (German)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Andris	-	Latvian, Hungarian
Hughard	-	Ancient Germanic
Tryggve	-	Swedish
Maksimilian	-	Russian