accrete

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from accretion. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈkɹiːt/, /əˈkɹit/ Rhymes: -iːt === Verb === accrete (third-person singular simple present accretes, present participle accreting, simple past and past participle accreted) (intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse. (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. ==== Usage notes ==== (to fuse): Used with the word to. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === accrete (not comparable) Characterized by accretion; made up. (botany) Grown together. Synonym: adglutinate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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 === accrēte vocative masculine singular of accrētus