accrue
accrue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.
- 2.Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accept
- acceptance
- accession
- accipient
- accompaniment
- acquire
- acquisition
- add
- addition
- adjection
- admission
- admit
- advene
- affix
- afford
- alimony
- almsman
- annex
- annexation
- annuity
- append
- assignee
- augment
- become
- beneficiary
- bestow
- bonus
- bring
- catch
- clap
- come
- coming
- derive
- devisee
- donee
- draw
- emolument
- fall
- feoffee
- from
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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