Part 99

<blockquote>And though power failed, her courage did <b>accrue</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.</def> "Interest <i>accrues</i> to principal."

<i>Abbott.</i>

<blockquote>The great and essential advantages <b>accruing</b> to society from the freedom of the press. <i>Junius.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Ac*crue"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>accr\'96</ets>, OF. <ets>acre\'81</ets>, p. p. of <ets>accroitre</ets>, OF. <ets>acroistre</ets> to increase; L. <ets>ad + crescere</ets> to increase. Cf. <er>Accretion</er>, <er>Crew</er>. See <er>Crescent</er>.]</ety> <def>Something that accrues; advantage accruing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Accruer</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cru"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act of accruing; accretion; <as>as, title by <ex>accruer</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Accrument</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cru"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Accubation</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac`cu*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accubatio</ets>, for <ets>accubatio</ets>, fr. <ets>accubare</ets> to recline; <ets>ad + cubare</ets> to lie down. See <er>Accumb</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.</def>

<h1>Accumb</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cumb"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>accumbere</ets>; <ets>ad + cumbere</ets> (only in compounds) to lie down.]</ety> <def>To recline, as at table.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Accumbency</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cum"ben*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being accumbent or reclining.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Accumbent</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cum"bent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.</def>

<blockquote>The Roman.. <b>accumbent</b> posture in eating. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<blockquote><b>Accumbent</b> cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. <i>Eaton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Accumbent</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cum"bent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who reclines at table.</def>

<h1>Accumber</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cum"ber</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To encumber.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>