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aggrade
ag·grade
[
ə gráyd
]
(
past and past participle
ag·grad·ed
,
present participle
ag·grad·ing
,
3rd person present singular
ag·grades
)
transitive verb
Definition:
raise ground level:
to build up a land surface or streambed through the natural deposition of material.
See also
degrade (sense 4)
[
Early 20th century. Back-formation <
aggradation
<ag- + degradation
]
ag·gra·da·tion
[
àggrə dáysh'n
]
noun
ag·gra·da·tion·al
adjective
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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ag·gra·da·tion [ àggrə dáysh'n ] nounag·gra·da·tion·al adjective
