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What (who) is accrete - definition
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Accretion (science); Accrete; Accretion (disambiguation); Accreation; Reaccretion
accrete
[?'kri:t]
¦ verb grow or form by accumulation or coalescence.
Derivatives
accretion noun
accretionary adjective
accretive adjective
Origin
C18 (earlier (C17) as accretion): from L. accret-, accrescere 'grow', from ad- 'to' + crescere 'grow'.
Accretion
·noun A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
II. Accretion ·noun Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
III. Accretion ·noun Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
IV. Accretion ·noun The act of increasing by natural growth; ·esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
V. Accretion ·noun The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
VI. Accretion ·noun The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
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.