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ac·crue
 accrue
- pronunciation:
kru
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
accrued, accrues, accruing |
| definition: |
to come about by natural growth or accumulation, esp. as a benefit.
Interest accrues in a savings account.Our knowledge of the past accrues with the work of historians.
- synonyms:
- accumulate, augment, build, build up, collect, grow, heap, increase, pile, redound
- similar words:
- amass, enlarge, expand, gather, swell, wax
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| related words: |
multiply |
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