| Accrue 1. (n.) To increase; to augment. 2. (n.) 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. 3. (n.) Something that accrues; advantage accruing. Thesaurus Entries accrue from, accrue to, accumulate, advance, appreciate, arise from, balloon, be contingent on, be due to, be received, bloat, boom, breed, broaden, bud from, come from, come in, come out of, come to hand, crescendo, depend on, derive from, descend from, develop, emanate from, emerge from, ensue from, fall due, fall to one, flow from, follow from, gain, gain strength, germinate from, get ahead, go up, grow, grow from, grow out of, hang on, hinge on, increase, intensify, issue from, mature, mount, multiply, originate in, proceed from, proliferate, rise, run up, shoot up, snowball, spread, spring from, sprout from, stem from, strengthen, swell, turn on, wax, widen |