Accretion: alternatives and connections

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

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To grow together.

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To grow together.

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The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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