ACCRUE

ACCRUE, verb intransitive accru'. [Latin accresco, cresco.]Literally, to grow to; hence to arise, proceed or come; to be added, as increase, profit or damage; as, a profit accrues to government from the coinage of copper; a loss accrues from the coinage of gold and silver.ACCRUE, noun accru'. Something that accedes to, or follows the property of another. obsolete

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accrue. Accrue, v.i. to arise, come, be added

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Ac‐crue″ (ăk‐krṳ″), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Accrued (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [[See Accrue, n., and cf. Accresce, Accrete.]] 1. 1. To increase; to augment.
And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser. 2. 2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. “Interest accrues to principal.” Abbott.
The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.