Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
grow together (of plants and organs);
- Example: "After many years the rose bushes grew together"2.
grow or become attached by accretion;
- Example: "The story accreted emotion"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
accrete \ac*crete"\, v. t.
To make adhere; to add. --Earle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"