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ACCRUED
accrued, accumulated
(adjective) periodically accumulated over time; “accrued interest”; “accrued leave”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
accrued
simple past tense and past participle of accrue
Adjective
accrued (not comparable)
Having increased through accrual; having risen over time or due to financial transactions.
Anagrams
• cardecu, cue card
Source: Wiktionary
ACCRUE
Ac*crue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Accrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] Etym: [See Accrue, n., and cf. Accresce, Accrete.]
1. To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.
2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.
Ac*crue", n. Etym: [F. accrĂ», OF. acreĂĽ, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent.]
Definition: Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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