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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

accrue
    v 1: grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
    2: come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest
       son" [syn: accrue, fall]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Accrue \Ac*crue"\, n. [F. accr[^u], OF. acre["u], p. p. of
   accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to
   increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent.]
   Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Accrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [See Accrue, n.,
   and cf. Accresce, Accrete.]
   1. To increase; to augment.
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            And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. 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. "Interest
      accrues to principal." --Abbott.
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            The great and essential advantages accruing to
            society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
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Thesaurus Results for accrue:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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