accrescence

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accrescence \ac*cres"cence\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]s"sens), n. [LL.
   accrescentia.]
   Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]
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         The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched
         depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy.
                                                  --Coleridge.
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