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

accreditation, accredited, accrementition, accrescence, accrescent, accrete, accretio cordis, accretion, accretionary growth, accretionary wedge, accretion disk

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Example sentences from the Web for accrete

No one has ever applied a single decent piece of cost-to-benefit analysis to any of this stuff, and they just accrete over time.
Is New York City Over? (Ep. 434)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 8, 2020|Freakonomics
It will leave the ACA intact, as is, to accrete interest group support until reform becomes all-but-impossible.
After The GOP Fails to Repeal Obamacare|David Frum|February 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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

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单词	accrete
释义	accrete [ uh-kreet ] / 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 accreditation, accredited, accrementition, accrescence, accrescent, accrete, accretio cordis, accretion, accretionary growth, accretionary wedge, accretion disk Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for accrete No one has ever applied a single decent piece of cost-to-benefit analysis to any of this stuff, and they just accrete over time. Is New York City Over? (Ep. 434)\|Stephen J. Dubner\|October 8, 2020\|Freakonomics It will leave the ACA intact, as is, to accrete interest group support until reform becomes all-but-impossible. After The GOP Fails to Repeal Obamacare\|David Frum\|February 4, 2012\|DAILY BEAST 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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