accrete
to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
to add, as by growth.
Botany. grown together.
Origin of accrete
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How to use accrete in a sentence
Still, what the majors tell us about the fintech space indicates a warmth in activity that explains why Chime, Robinhood and others have had such fun in 2020, accreting tectonic capital to keep their growth hot.
Square and PayPal earnings bring good (and bad) news for fintech startups | Alex Wilhelm | November 11, 2020 | TechCrunchWe have the richest language that ever a people has accreted, and we use it as if it were the poorest.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne | William J. LockeIt must run on at any rate for some years longer before it shall have accreted a convincing weight.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death | Frederick W. H. Myers
British Dictionary definitions for accrete
/ (əˈkriːt) /
to grow or cause to grow together; be or become fused
to make or become bigger, as by addition
Origin of accrete
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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