accrescence

English

Etymology

From Late Latin accrescentia. Compare Italian accrescente.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹɛsəns/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

accrescence (countable and uncountable, plural accrescences)

1. (archaic) Continuous growth; an accretion.
   • 1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Statesman's Manual‎, page xli:

     the silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never-contradicted hearsay!

Related terms

• accrescent
• accrete
• accretion

Translations

continuous growth

Chinese: Mandarin: 添加 (zh) (tiānjiā), 增長 / 增长 (zh) (zēngzhǎng) Latin: accrescentia f (Late Latin)