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Webster 1913 Edition

(ăk-krĕs′sens)

Noun.

[LL.

accrescentia

Continuous growth; an accretion.

[R.]

The silent

accrescence

of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy.

Coleridge.

accrescence ‎(countable and uncountable, plural accrescences)

(rare) Continuous growth; an accretion.
- (Can we date this quote?), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (Please provide the title of the work):
  The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy

continuous growth