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English Dictionary: accrue	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accrue v grow by addition; "The interest accrues" come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" Synonym(s): accrue, fall
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accrue \Accrue"\ ([acr]kkr[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. [bd]Interest accrues to principal.[b8] --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[96], OF. acre[81], p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. {Accretion}, {Crew}. See {Crescent}.] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]