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accrete

ac·crete [ ə krt ] (past and past participle ac·cret·ed, present participle ac·cret·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cretes)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
become bigger: to increase in size, or increase the size of something, especially by accumulation or the growing together of separate things

[Late 18th century. < Latin accret-, past participle of accrescere< crescere "grow"]
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