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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) [[Gain]] to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:22, 13 October 2021
Accretion [1]
(1): (n.) The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
(2): (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
(3): (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
(4): (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
(5): (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
(6): (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
