accrete

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To grow together, combine

   To grow together, combine; to fuse.

   • Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
   • Chris Ormel, an astronomer at the University of Amsterdam, and his colleagues recently calculated that protoplanets began to form at the snow line around the star, then grew quickly by accreting pebbles.
2. 2

   To adhere

   To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.

3. 3

   To make adhere

   To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.

   • the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind
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   1. 4

      Characterized by accretion

      Characterized by accretion; made up.

      • accrete matter
   2. 5

      Grown together.

      • Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx

The neighborhood

• neighboraccrescence
• neighboraccrescent
• neighboraccretion