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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
--Spenser.
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.
The great and essential advantages accruing to
society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accrue
v 1: grow by addition, as of capital: "The interest accrues"
2: come into the possession of "The house accrued to the
oldest son" [syn: {fall}]
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