accrue
English
Etymology
- First attested in mid 15th century.
- From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”).
- Compare accretion, accresce, accrete, crew, crescent.
Pronunciation
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Verb
accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)
- (intransitive) To increase, to rise
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And though pow’r fail’d, her Courage did accrue
- (intransitive) to reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- 1879, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Dictionary of Terms and Phrases used in American or English Jurisprudence: ACCRUE
- Interest accrues to principal.
- 1772, Junius, The Letters of Junius, Preface
- The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press
- 1879, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Dictionary of Terms and Phrases used in American or English Jurisprudence: ACCRUE
- (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
- The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.
- (transitive) to accumulate
- He has accrued nine sick days.
- 1709, John Dryden, "Lucretius: A Poem against the Fear of Death" (lines 26-29), published in a pamphlet of the same name with an Ode in Memory of Mrs. Ann Killebrew:
- We, who are dead and gone, shall bear no Part,
- In all the Pleasures, no shall we feel the smart,
- Which to that other Mortal shall accrew,
- Whom of our Matter Time shall mould anew.
- (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.
Synonyms
- (increase): rise; see also Thesaurus:increase
- (accumulate): add up; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
Antonyms
Translations
increase
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to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
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to accumulate
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to become an enforceable and permanent right
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Noun
accrue (plural accrues)
Translations
something that accrues
Further reading
- “accrue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “accrue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
accrue f (plural accrues)
- dry land created by draining
Participle
accrue f sg
- feminine singular of the past participle of accroître
Further reading
- “accrue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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