accrue

[ uh-kroo ]

/ əˈkru /

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verb (used without object), ac·crued, ac·cru·ing.

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.

Nearby words

accrington, accroach, accroides gum, accrual, accrual basis, accrue, accrued dividend, accrued expense, accrued income, accrued interest, accrued liability

Origin of accrue

1425–75; late Middle English acruen, acrewen, probably < Anglo-French accru(e), Middle French accreu(e), past participle of ac(c)reistre to increase < Latin accrēscere grow. See ac-, crew¹, accretion

SYNONYMS FOR accrue

1, 2 accumulate, collect, grow, increase.

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ANTONYMS FOR accrue

1, 2 dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen, dissipate.

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Related forms

ac·cru·a·ble, adjectiveac·crue·ment, nounnon·ac·crued, adjectivenon·ac·cru·ing, adjective

su·per·ac·crue, verb (used without object), su·per·ac·crued, su·per·ac·cru·ing.un·ac·crued, adjective

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Examples from the Web for accrued

He takes careful sips while passing down the collective knowledge of his ancestors, accrued over countless generations.
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Still, Diamond is finding the reputation he's accrued over the past decade hard to lose.
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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.
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The petition has accrued 413 signatures so far, as well as multiple comments of support.
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He would lose that, and with it lose all the flattery and gain which accrued so easily to the higher slaves of Csars household.
Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar
This accrued to them not from nature but from nurture, and was acquired in their bringing up.
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That event was not likely to happen; for, since the grant had been made, a new arrear of tithes had accrued.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
To the family of the Palassis much honour had accrued—not forgetting the Callahans.
Old Judge Priest|Irvin S. Cobb
All the benefits that have accrued to the working man through legislation are enjoyed equally by his sister in industry.
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British Dictionary definitions for accrued

accrue

/ (əˈkruː) /

verb -crues, -cruing or -crued (intr)

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

Word Origin for accrue

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

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.

accrue

verb (used without object), ac·crued, ac·cru·ing.

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accrue

verb -crues, -cruing or -crued (intr)

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