Word of the Day
for Thursday,
July 11, 2013
Accrete \uh-KREET\, verb:
1. to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
2. to add, as by growth.
2. to add, as by growth.
adjective:
1. Botany. grown together.
1. Botany. grown together.
Most things accrete
that don't gradually crumble, rust or evaporate.
-- Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata, 2012
-- Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata, 2012
...a long history, in
the course of which it seems to grow, to accrete
difficulties, and to merge and overlap with other problems, so that an attempt
to solve the single problem appears hopeless without an assault…
-- Renata Adler, Pitch Dark, 1983
-- Renata Adler, Pitch Dark, 1983
Entering English in the late 1700s, accrete is a backformation of
the noun accretion
from the Latin word accrēscere
meaning "to grow."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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