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accrescences

UK/əˈkɹɛsənsɪz/

accrescences is the plural of accrescence.

Meaning of accrescence

Noun

accrescence (countable and uncountable, plural accrescences)

  1. (archaic) Continuous growth; an accretion.
    • the silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never-contradicted hearsay!1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Statesman's Manual, page xli

Questions about accrescences

What is accrescences the plural of?
Accrescences is the plural of accrescence.
How do you pronounce accrescences?
Accrescences is pronounced /əˈkɹɛsənsɪz/ (UK).

Words near accrescences in the dictionary

  1. accrementition
  2. accrementitions
  3. accresce
  4. accresced
  5. accrescence
  6. accrescences
  7. accrescent
  8. accresces
  9. accrescing
  10. accretal
  11. accretals

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