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Webster 1913 Edition


accrescent

ac-cres′cent

(ăk-krĕs′sent)
,
Adj.
[L.
accrescens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
accrescere
;
ad
+
crescere
to grow. See
Crescent
.]
1.
Growing; increasing.
Shuckford.
2.
(Bot.)
Growing larger after flowering.
Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Accrescent

ACCRES'CENT

,
Adj.
[See Accretion.] Increasing.