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verb

Accrue v. i. (past & past part. accrued; pres. part. accruing)

To increase; to augment. "And though power failed, her courage did accrue."

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." "The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press."

noun

Accrue n. Something that accrues; advantage accruing. (Obs.)

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"Accrue" Quotes from Famous Books

... places." What we can get for nothing we are inclined to think much less of than that which we must purchase. He who invests a shilling will not do it rashly, or without feeling convinced that value received will accrue from the risk. The man who pays is the real enthusiast; he comes with a pre-determination to be amused, and his spirit is exalted accordingly. Paganini's valet surprised me one morning, by walking into my room, and with many "eccellenzas" and gesticulations of respect, asking ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... very rich, had quarrelled With his younger brother, and regarded him with such hatred that he was marrying only to deprive his brother of the inheritance that would rightfully accrue to him, should the elder die childless. Unfortunately, the marquis soon perceived that the step which he had taken, however efficacious in the case of another man, was likely to be fruitless in his own. He did not, however, despair, ...

— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - THE MARQUISE DE GANGES--1657 • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

... concerned in the dispute, for the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is one to which only Great Britain and the United States are contracting parties, and according to the principle pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt no rights can accrue to third parties from a treaty. Great Britain has the right to demand from the United States, which owns and controls the Canal, that she shall keep the Canal open for the use of the vessels of all nations on terms of entire equality, but other ...

— The Panama Canal Conflict between Great Britain and the United States of America - A Study • Lassa Oppenheim

... savings of the association (commonly thought of as "profits") are distributed among the members or patrons of the association pro rata according to the volume of the business which they have transacted with the association, so that although its control is democratic its benefits accrue according to the amount of financial interest involved. There are certain other principles of business procedure which have been found essential to the successful operation of different kinds of cooperative associations, but these ...

— The Farmer and His Community • Dwight Sanderson

... many times I have strayed so far into the tangle-wood and thickets as almost to have lost my way. And now it is my purpose to walk that pleasant garden once more, inviting you to bear me company and to share with me what satisfaction may accrue from an old man's return to old-time places and ...

— The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac • Eugene Field

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