Found 2 items, similar to accrete.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: accrete
accrete
v 1: grow together (of plants and organs);
“After many years the
rose bushes grew together”
2: grow or become attached by accretion;
“The story accreted
emotion”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: accrete
accrete
\ac*crete"\, v. t.
To make adhere; to add. --Earle.
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accrete
\ac*crete"\, a.
1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
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2. (Bot.) Grown together. --Gray.
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accrete
\ac*crete"\ ([a^]k*kr[=e]t"), v. i. [From L. accretus,
p. p. of accrescere to increase.]
1. To grow together.
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2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
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