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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
accrete .
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Examples
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"accreted" is what tipped me off to what i was doing. ironically, i came by the word "accreted" honestly, laboring through many synonyms until i found the perfect geological/metaphorical term. but it was so mievillian that maybe it drug the rest of the paragraph into that territory behind it. who knows.
China Miévilling 2006
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And "accreted" seems a particularly Miévillian verb.
China Miévilling 2006
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Established in 1947 by an intrepid French female exile, this tiny, nicotine-patinated haunt hasn't changed since, only accreted more layers.
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I am a multi degreed, multi lingual engineer with the experience, seasoning, and accreted record of accomplishment.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Eugene, this post demonstrates the very real conflict between the First Amendment and the speech-as-violation jurisprudence that has accreted under Title VII and similar laws.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Anonymous Comments and Modern Tort Law and Antidiscrimination Law 2010
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Established in 1947 by an intrepid French female exile, this tiny, nicotine-patinated haunt hasn't changed since, only accreted more layers.
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Eventually, more and more ideas accreted, and more and more solace, meaning, community, and perhaps even experiences of the sacred became attached to them.
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The old argument (which I used to use myself) that at the core of the genre there's "SF" and then around it there's this accreted conglomeration of "Sci-Fi" just rings hollow to me now.
Narrative Grammars Hal Duncan 2008
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Eugene, this post demonstrates the very real conflict between the First Amendment and the speech-as-violation jurisprudence that has accreted under Title VII and similar laws.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Anonymous Comments and Modern Tort Law and Antidiscrimination Law 2010
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Eventually, more and more ideas accreted, and more and more solace, meaning, community, and perhaps even experiences of the sacred became attached to them.
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