ACCRESCENT

ACCRES'CENT, adjective [See Accretion.] Increasing.

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Ac‐cres″cent (–sent), a. [[L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]] 1. 1. Growing; increasing. Shuckford.
2. 2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray.