accrete
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accrete
- /əˈkɹiːt/ UK, US
- /əˈkɹit/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːt
Where it comes from
Back-formation from accretion.
verb accretes · accreting · accreted
- To grow together, combine; to fuse. Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
- To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
- To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing. the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind
adjective
- Characterized by accretion; made up. accrete matter
- Grown together. Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx
