accrued

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
accrued
    adj 1: periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest";
           "accrued leave" [syn: {accrued}, {accumulated}]
    
from 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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