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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accrete /əˈkriːt/

▶verb grow or form by accumulation or coalescence.

– derivatives
accretion noun,
accretionary adjective,
accretive adjective.

– origin C18 (earlier (C17) as accretion): from L. accret-, accrescere ‘grow’, from ad- ‘to’ + crescere ‘grow’.

'accretion' also found in these Oxford entries:

accrete - superfetation

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