accretive
/əˈkɹi.tɪv/
accretive adjective: relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Adjective
accretive (not comparable)
- Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
- […] Vegetables spring up from their Mother Earth; and we can no more discern their accretive Motion, then we can their most hidden cause.1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter 9, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing, London: Henry Eversden, page 81
- There could be no rest-houses for revolt, no dividend of joy paid out. Its spirit was accretive, to endure as far as the senses would endure, and to use each advance as base for further adventure, deeper privation, sharper pain.1927, T. E. Lawrence, chapter 19, in Revolt in the Desert, Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, pages 170–171
Origin of accretive
From accrete + -ive.
Words formed from accretive
Questions about accretive
- What does accretive mean?
- Accretive means relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
- What part of speech is accretive?
- Accretive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accretive?
- Accretive is pronounced /əˈkɹi.tɪv/.
Words near accretive in the dictionary
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