2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: accrued adjective: periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest"; "accrued leave" [syn: {accumulated}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Accrued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, noun, and cf. {Accresce}, {Accrete}.] 1. To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. --Spenser. 2. 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.

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