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Accrue
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What's The Definition Of Accrue?
[v] grow by addition, as of capital; "The interest accrues"
[v] come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" Synonyms | Synonyms for Accrue: fall Related Terms | Find terms related to Accrue: accrue from | accrue to | accumulate | advance | appreciate | arise from | balloon | be contingent on | be due to | be received | bloat | boom | breed | broaden | bud from | come from | come in | come out of | come to hand | crescendo | depend on | derive from | descend from | develop | emanate from | emerge from | ensue from | fall due | fall to one | flow from | follow from | gain | gain strength | germinate from | get ahead | go up | grow | grow from | grow out of | hang on | hinge on | increase | intensify | issue from | mature | mount | multiply | originate in | proceed from | proliferate | rise | run up | shoot up | snowball | spread | spring from | sprout from | stem from | strengthen | swell | turn on | wax | widen See Also | change hands | increase | redound Accrue In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Accrued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, n.,
and cf. {Accresce}, {Accrete}.]
1. To increase; to augment.
And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
--Spenser.
2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a
growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or
damage, especially as the produce of money lent.
``Interest accrues to principal.'' --Abbott.
The great and essential advantages accruing to
society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
\Ac*crue"\, n. [F. accr[^u], OF. acre["u], p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. {Accretion}, {Crew}. See {Crescent}.] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.] |
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