accresce

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/əˈkrɛs/

verb

To accrue.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbaccresce (third-person singular simple present accresces, present participle accrescing, simple past and past participle accresced)

present singular third person accresces · participle present accrescing · participle past accresced · past accresced

  1. intransitiverareTo accrue.
  2. EarlyModernintransitiveobsoleteTo increase; to grow.

Origin

  1. Latinaccrescere
  2. Englishaccresce

From Latin accrescere. Doublet of accrease. See accrue.

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Chicago

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