accrescence
English
Etymology
From Late Latin accrescentia. Compare Italian accrescente.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɛsəns/
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Noun
accrescence (countable and uncountable, plural accrescences)
- (rare) Continuous growth; an accretion.
- 1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Statesman's Manual, page xli:
- the silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never-contradicted hearsay!
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Related terms
- accrescent
- accrete
- accretion
Translations
continuous growth
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