Part 97

<hw>Ac*cred`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of accrediting; <as>as, letters of <ex>accreditation</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Accrementitial</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac`cre*men*ti"tial</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to accremention.</def>

<h1>Accrementition</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac`cre*men*ti"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Accresce</er>, <er>Increment</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.</def>

<h1>Accresce</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cresce"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accrescere</ets>. See <er>Accrue</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To accrue.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To increase; to grow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gillespie.</i>

<h1>Accrescence</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cres"cence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>accrescentia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Continuous growth; an accretion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The silent <b>accrescence</b> of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Accrescent</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cres"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accrescens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>accrescere</ets>; <ets>ad + crescere</ets> to grow. See <er>Crescent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Growing; increasing.</def>

<i>Shuckford.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing larger after flowering.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Accrete</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*crete"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>accretus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>accrescere</ets> to increase.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To grow together.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with <i>to</i>.</def>

<h1>Accrete</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*crete"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make adhere; to add.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Accrete</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*crete"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Characterized by accretion; made up; <as>as, <ex>accrete</ex> matter</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Grown together.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>