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accrescing

accrescing is the present participle and gerund of accresce.

Meaning of accresce

Verb

accresce (third-person singular simple present accresces, present participle accrescing, simple past and past participle accresced)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To accrue.
  2. (Early, Modern, intransitive, obsolete) To increase; to grow.

Questions about accrescing

What is accrescing the present participle and gerund of?
Accrescing is the present participle and gerund of accresce.

Words near accrescing in the dictionary

  1. accresced
  2. accrescence
  3. accrescences
  4. accrescent
  5. accresces
  6. accrescing
  7. accretal
  8. accretals
  9. accrete
  10. accreted
  11. accreter

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