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
Zoran	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Brigid	-	Irish, Irish Mythology
Marika	MAH-ree-kah (Finnish)	Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian
Gurgen	-	Armenian, Georgian
Githa	-	English (Archaic)
Doran	['dɔ:ræn]