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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope