definition of the word accrete

From Latin accrētus, perfect participle of accrēscō (“‘increase’”)

• IPA: /əˈkriːt/
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• Rhymes: -iːt

to accrete (third-person singular simple present accretes, present participle accreting, simple past and past participle accreted)

1. (intransitive): To grow together, combine.

   Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion billion years ago.

2. (intransitive): To adhere; to grow (to); to be added.
3. (transitive): To make adhere; to add.

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