Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accrued"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Accrued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, n.,
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

accrued
adj : periodically accumulated over time; "accrued interest";
"accrued leave" [syn: {accumulated}]


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