4 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: accrete verb 1: grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together" 2: grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion" From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: accrete \ac*crete"\, verb (used with an object) To make adhere; to add. --Earle. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: accrete \ac*crete"\, adjective 1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter. 2. (Bot.) Grown together. --Gray. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: accrete \ac*crete"\ ([a^]k*kr[=e]t"), verb (used without an object) [From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.] 1. To grow together. 2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.

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