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Definition of Accrete
1. Verb. Grow together (of plants and organs). "After many years the rose bushes grew together"
Generic synonyms: Blend, Coalesce, Combine, Commingle, Conflate, Flux, Fuse, Immix, Meld, Merge, Mix
Derivative terms: Accretive
2. Verb. Grow or become attached by accretion. "The story accreted emotion"
Derivative terms: Accretion, Accretion, Accretive
Definition of Accrete
1. v. i. To grow together.
2. v. t. To make adhere; to add.
3. a. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
Definition of Accrete
1. Verb. (intransitive) : To grow together, combine; to fuse. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) : To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) : To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing. ¹
4. Adjective. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, '''accrete''' matter. ¹
5. Adjective. (botany) Grown together - Gray ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accrete
1. to grow together [v -CRETED, -CRETING, -CRETES]
Medical Definition of Accrete
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1. Characterised by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Accrete
Literary usage of Accrete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adolescence: Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology by Granville Stanley Hall (1904)
"... body with long persistence and transference, and gradually, when perhaps lapsed
almost beyond the reach of recall, accrete into a subconscious, nascent, ..."
2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1900)
"... accrete ens, increasing in size with age, as the calyx of some plants after
flowering. accrete' ..."
3. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"... two-celled, each cell streaked with white. There are no rudiments of abortive
stamina. Germen pedicellate, pedicel accrete to the tube of the calyx. ..."
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