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accrete

VI เกิด ร่วมกัน  adhere koed-ruam-kan

 

accrete

VT ทำให้เกิด ร่วมกัน  tam-hai-koed-ruam-kan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACCRETE

Ac *crete ", v. i. Etym: [From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase. ]

 

1. To grow together.

 

2. To adhere; to grow (to ); to be added; -- with to.

 

ACCRETE

ACCRETE Ac *crete ", v. t.

 

Defn: To make adhere; to add. Earle.

 

ACCRETE

ACCRETE Ac *crete ", a.

 

1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Grown together. Gray.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

accrete

ac crete |əˈkrēt əˈkrit | ▶verb [ no obj. ] grow by accumulation or coalescence: ice that had accreted grotesquely into stalactites. • [ with obj. ] form (a composite whole or a collection of things ) by gradual accumulation: the collection of art he had accreted was to be sold. • Astronomy (with reference to matter or a body ) come or bring together under the influence of gravitation: the gas will cool and then accrete to the galaxy's core. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin accret- ‘grown, ’ from the verb accrescere, from ad- ‘to ’ + crescere ‘grow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

accrete

accrete |əˈkriːt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] grow by accumulation or coalescence: ice that had accreted grotesquely into stalactites. • [ with obj. ] form (a composite whole ) by gradual accumulation: the collection of art he had accreted was to be sold. • Astronomy (with reference to matter or a body ) come or bring together under the influence of gravitation. [ no obj. ] : the gas will cool and then accrete to the galaxy's core. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Latin accret- ‘grown ’, from the verb accrescere, from ad- ‘to ’ + crescere ‘grow ’.