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Word: Accrete
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘acquire gradually’): from Latin accret- ‘grown’, from the verb accrescere, from ad- ‘to’ + crescere ‘grow’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈkriːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
grow by accumulation or coalescence
Short Definition:grow by accumulation or coalescence
Examples:- ice that had accreted grotesquely into stalactites
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