Examples of use of accrete
1. As they sat in their fearsome cell in Paddington, the five talked about the way the world had changed over the past 13 years since 2007, especially the way that political, legal and economic powers once thought to reside in Britain had somehow tended to accrete towards institutions in Brussels; inexorably, irrevocably, almost by osmosis.
2. Mark Lynch, a food analyst at Goldman Sachs, said÷ "This is in line with premier‘s established track record of making bolt–on acquisitions which should accrete to earnings ... The acquisition appears sensible from the details so far, and we expect Premier shares to react positively." Premier appears to have shaken off the recent concern surrounding Sudan 1, a potentially poisonous food dye found in some of its Worcester sauce.