accrete
English
Etymology
Back-formation from accretion.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːt
Verb
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- (intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse.
- Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
- 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times[1]:
- According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.
- (intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
- (transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Earle to this entry?)
Usage notes
- (to fuse): Used with the word to.
Translations
to grow together
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To adhere; to grow (to); to be added.
To make adhere; to add.
Adjective
accrete (not comparable)
- Characterized by accretion; made up
- accrete matter
- (botany) Grown together
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Translations
characterized by accretion
(botany) Grown together
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Related terms
Further reading
- “accrete”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “accrete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) accrēte
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