accresce

intransitive verb

ac·​cresce

əˈkres,

aˈ-

-ed/-ing/-s

: accrue sense intransitive sense 1

Word History

Etymology

Latin accrescere, from ad- + crescere to grow

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

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