accrue
[uh-kroo]
- to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- to be added as a matter of periodic gain or advantage, as interest on money.
- Law. to become a present and enforceable right or demand.
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Examples from the Web for accrued
Contemporary Examples
He takes careful sips while passing down the collective knowledge of his ancestors, accrued over countless generations.
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August 29, 2014
Still, Diamond is finding the reputation he's accrued over the past decade hard to lose.
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August 11, 2014
The show looked and felt nothing like the one that accrued eight seasons of fans.
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He goes beyond Haass to focus on the immense profits that accrued to American contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The petition has accrued 413 signatures so far, as well as multiple comments of support.
Historical Examples
Here are children in abundance, and what benefit could have accrued to me from his purchasing Vernon?
Lady SusanJane Austen
But David counted out his debt to her methodically, with the accrued interest.
IT and Other StoriesGouverneur Morris
What evils have accrued from want of consideration and foresight!
CamillaFanny Burney
To the family of the Palassis much honour had accrued—not forgetting the Callahans.
Old Judge PriestIrvin S. Cobb
Certain expenses will have accrued which have not been paid.
accrue
- to increase by growth or addition, esp (of capital) to increase by periodic addition of interest
- (often foll by to) to fall naturally (to); come into the possession (of); result (for)
- law (of a right or demand) to become capable of being enforced
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Word Origin
C15: from Old French accreue growth, ultimately from Latin accrēscere to increase, from ad- to, in addition + crēscere to grow
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Word Origin and History for accrued
accrue
v.
mid-15c., from Old French acreue "growth, increase, what has grown," fem. of acreu, past participle of acreistre (Modern French accroître) "to increase," from Latin accrescere (see accretion). Related: Accrued; accruing. Apparently a verb from a French noun because there is no English verb to go with it until much later, unless the record is defective.
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