Part 98

<h1>Accretion</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cre"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accretio</ets>, fr. <ets>accrescere</ets> to increase. Cf. <er>Crescent</er>, <er>Increase</er>, <er>Accrue</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; <as>as, an <ex>accretion</ex> of earth</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by <b>accretion</b>. <i>Owen.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later <b>accretion</b>. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Concretion; coherence of separate particles; <as>as, the <ex>accretion</ex> of particles so as to form a solid mass</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.</def>

<i>Wharton. Kent.</i>

<h1>Accretive</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cre"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Accriminate</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*crim"i*nate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ac-</ets> (for <ets>ad</ets> to) + <ets>criminari</ets>.]</ety> <def>To accuse of a crime.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ac*crim`i*na"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Accroach</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*croach"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>acrochen</ets>, <ets>accrochen</ets>, to obtain, OF. <ets>acrochier</ets>, F. <ets>accrocher</ets>; <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>croc</ets> hook (E. <ets>crook</ets>).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.</def>

<blockquote>They had attempted to <b>accroach</b> to themselves royal power. <i>Stubbs.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Accroachment</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*croach"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>accrochement</ets>.]</ety> <def>An encroachment; usurpation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Accrual</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cru"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Accrument.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Accrue</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*crue"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Accrued</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Accruing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Accrue</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <ets>and cf</ets>. <er>Accresce</er>, <er>Accrete</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To increase; to augment.</def>