accrescence

English

Etymology

From Late Latin accrescentia. Compare Italian accrescente.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkɹɛsəns/
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Noun

accrescence (countable and uncountable, plural accrescences)

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

Translations

continuous growth

Latin: accrescentia f (Late Latin)

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