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Webster 1913 Edition


accretive

ac-cre′tive

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Adj.
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Glanvill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Accretive

ACCRE'TIVE

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Adj.
Increasing by growth; growing; adding to be growth; as the accretive motion of plants.