[əˈkriːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- grow by accumulation or coalescence
(e.g: ice that had accreted grotesquely into stalactites)


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘acquire gradually’): from Latin accret- ‘grown’, from the verb accrescere, from ad- ‘to’ + crescere ‘grow’