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ACCRUE, v.i. accru'. [L. accresco, cresco.]
Literally, to grow to; hence to arise, proceed or come; to be added, as increase, profit or damage; as, a profit accrues to government from the coinage of copper; a loss accrues from the coinage of gold and silver.
ACCRUE, n. accru'. Something that accedes to, or follows the property of another. Obs.

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Accretion Accrue Grow Issue Mesne

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