accrete
verb
- to coalesce, combine, come into being by accumulation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈkɹiːt/ / /əˈkɹit/
adj
Etymology: Back-formation from accretion.
- Characterized by accretion; made up.
“accrete matter”
- Grown together.
“Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx”
verb
Etymology: Back-formation from accretion.
- To grow together, combine; to fuse.
“Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.”
“According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.”
- To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
- To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
“the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind”