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accrue (v.)
mid-15c., from Old French
acreue
"growth, increase, what has grown," fem. of
acreu
, past participle of
acreistre
(Modern French
accroître
) "to increase," from Latin
accrescere
(see
accretion
). Related:
Accrued
;
accruing
.
