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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Accrued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, n.,
and cf. {Accresce}, {Accrete}.]
1. To increase; to augment.
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And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
--Spenser.
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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.
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The great and essential advantages accruing to
society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
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