LekhoriLekhoriIncrease by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
Warwick was unable to perceive much change in the market-house. […] There might have been a slight accretion of the moss and lichen on the shingled roof.
Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.
Near-synonym: accumulation
Followed by of: external addition of matter to a thing which causes it to grow, especially in amount or size.
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PIE word *h₂éd Learned borrowing from Latin accrētiō (“increase, increment”) + English -ion (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or processes, or their results). Accrētiō is derived from accrēscō (...
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