Accretion1. (n.) The act of increasing in size or amount; as, the accretion of a college fund.
2. (n.) The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
3. (n.) Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
4. (n.) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
5. (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
6. (n.) Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
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