aggrade

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verb

to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment

Opposite
degrade
OriginEnglish grade ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad- →
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Meanings

verbaggrade (third-person singular simple present aggrades, present participle aggrading, simple past and past participle aggraded)

present singular third person aggrades · participle present aggrading · participle past aggraded · past aggraded

  1. transitivegeographyto raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbuild up to a level by depositing sediment

Opposite
degrade
Broader
grade

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Englishad-
  6. Englishgrade
  7. Englishaggrade

From ad- + grade.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with aggrade

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Anagrams

garaged
Cite this entry
APA

aggrade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggrade

MLA

“aggrade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggrade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aggrade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggrade.

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