单词 | accrescence |
释义 | accrescence|əˈkrɛsəns| [f. (as if through Fr.) on late L. accrēscentia, n. of quality f. accrēscent-em pr. pple. of accrēsc-ĕre; see prec. and -nce.] 1. The process of growing continuously, continuous growth.
1839Coleridge Statesm Man. App. B 296 The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never-contradicted hearsay. 2. Something which grows on a thing from without; an accretion.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. xvii. §6 The primitive Christians..when they had washed off the accrescences of Gentile superstition, they chose such rites which their neighbours used. c1819Coleridge in Rem. (1836) II. 220 This accrescence of objectivity in a ghost that yet retains all its ghostly attributes and fearful subjectivity is truly wonderful. |

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