definition of the word accrescence

Italian from Late Latin accrescentia

• (RP) IPA: /əˈkɹɛsəns/

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accrescence (countable and uncountable; plural accrescences)

1. (rare) Continuous growth; an accretion.

   Quotations

   • The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy - Coleridge

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