accrete
(verb) grow or become attached by accretion; “The story accreted emotion”
accrete
(verb) grow together (of plants and organs); “After many years the rose bushes grew together”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (to fuse): Used with the word to.
accrete (not comparable)
Characterized by accretion; made up
(botany) Grown together
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*crete", v. i. Etym: [From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.]
1. To grow together.
2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
Ac*crete", v. t.
Definition: To make adhere; to add. Earle.
Ac*crete", a.
1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Grown together. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
