accresce, v.
(əˈkrɛs)
Also 7 accress.
[ad. L. accrēsc-ĕre to grow to, grow on, f. ac- = ad- to + crēscĕre to grow. Substituted for, or refashioned on, earlier accrease from Fr., the form accress being intermediate.]
1. To accrue. Obs. exc. as rendering accrēscere in Rom. law; see accretion 8 b.
| 1634–46 J. Row (the father) Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 84 Prebendaries founded upon tithes to accress to the ministers liveing, and the rest for schoolls. 1661 Laws & Acts 1st Parlt. Chas. II. of Scotl. 3 Considering the great advantages [that] do accress to the publick good of His Subjects, by the due observance of such ancient and well grounded Customs and Constitutions. a 1685 Househ. of Chas. II in Househ. Ord. (1790) 378 [It] accresses only to theire chamber keeper, to the ruyne of the waiters table. 1753 Stewart's Trial 161 These lands were the best farms on the estate, and most of the benefits accresced from them. 1880 Muirhead Gaius ii. §199 The share of any one who fails accresces to his co-legatee. |
† 2. intr. To increase, grow up. Obs.
| 1637 Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. ii. iii. 19 How little moates have accresced to Mountains. |
† 3. trans. To increase, add to. Obs.
| 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. 1834, 247 Having repaired to the great city of Vienne to accresce his reputation in some more degrees. |