accretion

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accretion englannista suomeksi

The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
(RQ:Chesnutt House Behind the Cedars)
(RQ:Wharton Age of Innocence)
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.

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(RQ:Hardy Tess)
(RQ:London Burning Daylight)
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Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.

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Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
Built-up matter lying on top of, rather than embedded in, a surface.