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Accrete

//əˈkɹiːt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by accretion; made up. not-comparable

    "accrete matter"

  2. 2
    Grown together. not-comparable

    "Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx"

Verb
  1. 1
    To grow together, combine; to fuse. intransitive

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

  2. 2
    grow or become attached by accretion wordnet
  3. 3
    To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually. intransitive
  4. 4
    grow together (of plants and organs) wordnet
  5. 5
    To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing. transitive

    "the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from accretion.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from accretion.

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