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    [Verb]  | "ac*crue" | \ ə-ˈkrü \


    1: to accumulate or be added periodically

    2: to come about as a natural growth, increase, or advantage

    3: to come as a direct result of some state or action


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English acrewen, acruwen, probably borrowed from Anglo-French *acreue "increase," noun derivative from feminine of acreu, past participle of acreistre "to increase, grow," going back to Latin accrēscere, from ad- {see: |ad-|ad-} + crēscere "to grow" {mat|crescent:1|};

    [Verb]  | "accrue" 


    1: to increase in amount as time passes;


      * e.g., " ... They accrued vacation time throughout the calendar year. "





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