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 always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats