accrete Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb grow together (of plants and organs)
    • After many years the rose bushes grew together
  2. verb grow or become attached by accretion
    • The story accreted emotion

WordNet

Ac*crete" intransitive verb
Etymology
From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.
Definitions
  1. To grow together.
  2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
Ac*crete" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make adhere; to add. Earle.
Ac*crete" adjective
Definitions
  1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
  2. (Bot.) Grown together. Gray.

Webster 1913