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单词 accresce
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Definition of accresce in English:

accresce

verb əˈkrɛs
Scottish rare
  • 1no object Chiefly with to in early use. To increase by accretion, grow up.

  • 2no object To come by way of an addition or increase, to accrue. Chiefly of a failed share (Law, chiefly and now only Scottish Law): to pass to others (especially co-legatees), augmenting their shares. Chiefly with to.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Stewart (fl. 1499–1541), chronicler and poet. Probably partly from classical Latin accrēscere to increase in size, grow larger, to grow big, to grow up, to increase, (of increments) to be added, to accrue, in post-classical Latin also (transitive) to add to, and partly a variant (with short vowel) of accrease, with remodelling of the ending after verbs in -esce. With later use compare also accrescence.

Definition of accresce in US English:

accresce

verbəˈkrɛs
Scottish rare
  • 1no object Chiefly with to in early use. To increase by accretion, grow up.

  • 2no object To come by way of an addition or increase, to accrue. Chiefly of a failed share (Law, chiefly and now only Scottish Law): to pass to others (especially co-legatees), augmenting their shares. Chiefly with to.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Stewart (fl. 1499–1541), chronicler and poet. Probably partly from classical Latin accrēscere to increase in size, grow larger, to grow big, to grow up, to increase, (of increments) to be added, to accrue, in post-classical Latin also (transitive) to add to, and partly a variant (with short vowel) of accrease, with remodelling of the ending after verbs in -esce. With later use compare also accrescence.

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