Accrete Definition

ə-krēt

accreted, accretes, accreting

verb

To grow by being added to.

Webster's New World

To cause to adhere or unite (to)

Webster's New World

To grow together; adhere.

Webster's New World

To grow together; fuse.

American Heritage Medicine

To grow or increase gradually, as by addition.

American Heritage Medicine

adjective

Grown together.

Webster's New World

Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.

Wiktionary

(botany) Grown together - Gray.

Wiktionary

Origin of Accrete

Back-formation from accretion

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Back-formation from accretion.

From Wiktionary

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