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accretionary

adj
/əˈkɹi.ʃəˌnɛɹ.i/US

Etymology

From accretion + -ary.

  1. derived from *ḱer-✻ — “to cause to grow; to grow; to nourish”
  2. learned borrowing from accrētiō
  3. suffixed as accretionary — “accretion + ary”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for accretionary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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