accrete
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/ əˈkrit /
verb (used without object), ac·cret·ed, ac·cret·ing.
to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
verb (used with object), ac·cret·ed, ac·cret·ing.
to add, as by growth.
adjective
Botany.
grown together.
Origin of accrete
First recorded in 1775–85; back formation from
accretion
Words nearby accrete
Example sentences from the Web for accrete
It will leave the ACA intact, as is, to accrete interest group support until reform becomes all-but-impossible.
And as I continued to do this these fantasias began to accrete more and more about the figure of Derwent Rose.
The Tower of Oblivion |Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for accrete
accrete
/ (əˈkriːt) /
verb
to grow or cause to grow together; be or become fused
to make or become bigger, as by addition
Word Origin for accrete
C18: back formation from
accretion