accrescent
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
accrescent (comparative more accrescent, superlative most accrescent)
- Growing; increasing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shuckford to this entry?)
- (botany) Growing larger after flowering.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
Translations [edit]
growing
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botany
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
accrescent
- third-person plural future active indicative of accrescō
