Associations to the word «Accrete»

Wiktionary

ACCRETE, verb. (intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse.
ACCRETE, verb. (intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
ACCRETE, verb. (transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
ACCRETE, adjective. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
ACCRETE, adjective. (botany) Grown together

Dictionary definition

ACCRETE, verb. Grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together".
ACCRETE, verb. Grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche