Accrue
[ə'kruː] or [ə'kru]
Definition
(verb.) grow by addition; 'The interest accrues'.
(verb.) come into the possession of; 'The house accrued to the oldest son'.
Typed by Ewing--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To increase; to augment.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Something that accrues; advantage accruing.
Typist: Natalie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Result, proceed, come, arise, issue, follow, flow, ensue, be added, be derived, be gained, be got, come in.
Inputed by Leonard
Definition
v.i. to spring or grow as a natural result (with from): to fall to any one by way of advantage (with unto to).
Inputed by Joe
Examples
- What I want is, that you should write to your sisters and tell them of the fortune that has accrued to them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It has been a part of the attempt to justify those subjects by pointing out the significant contributions to life accruing from their study. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typed by Gladys