accrue

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First attested in mid 15th century. From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”). Compare accrete.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нараствам (narastvam) — increase
• Danish: opsamle — increase
• Danish: indsamle — increase
• Danish: tilfalde — increase
• Danish: påløbe — increase
• Dutch: verhogen — increase
• Dutch: groeien — increase
• Finnish: kasvaa — increase
• French: accroître — increase
• Frisian: krije — increase
• Frisian: groeien — increase
• German: anfallen — increase
• German: entstehen — increase
• German: zufließen — increase
• German: erwachsen — increase
• German: zugute kommen — increase
• Hindi: उपाजित होना (upājit honā) — increase
• Ido: amaseskar — increase
• Interlingua: accrescer — increase
• Interlingua: accumular — increase
• Italian: accrescersi — increase
• Māori: hua — increase
• Polish: wzrastać — increase
• Polish: wzrosnąć — increase
• Portuguese: acrescer — increase
• Portuguese: acumular — increase
• Russian: прираста́ть (prirastátʹ) — increase
• Russian: прирасти́ (prirastí) — increase
• Russian: добавля́ться (dobavljátʹsja) — increase
• Russian: доба́виться (dobávitʹsja) — increase
• Russian: нараста́ть (narastátʹ) — increase
• Russian: нарасти́ (narastí) — increase
• Serbo-Croatian: нарасти́ — increase
• Serbo-Croatian: nàrāsti — increase
• Spanish: acrecentarse — increase
• Spanish: aumentar — increase
• Spanish: acrecer — increase
• Spanish: aumentarse — increase
• Spanish: acrecerse — increase
• Swedish: öka — increase
• Swedish: växa till — increase
• Ottoman Turkish: آرتمق (artmak) — increase
• Dutch: accumuleren — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• German: anwachsen — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• German: auflaufen — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• German: wachsen — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• German: zuwachsen — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Hindi: उठना (uṭhnā) — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Hindi: उपाजित होना (upājit honā) — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Hindi: प्रोद्भूत होना (prodbhūt honā) — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Māori: hua — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Russian: начислять (načisljatʹ) — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Spanish: devengar — to be incurred as a result of the passage of time
• Dutch: accumuleren — to accumulate
• German: ansammeln — to accumulate
• German: sammeln — to accumulate
• Hindi: बरामद होना (barāmad honā) — to accumulate
• Hindi: उपाजित होना (upājit honā) — to accumulate
• Middle English: issen — to accumulate
• Polish: gromadzić — to accumulate
• Serbo-Croatian: нагомилати — to accumulate
• Serbo-Croatian: nagomilati — to accumulate
• Spanish: acumular — to accumulate
• Bulgarian: полагам се (polagam se) — to become an enforceable and permanent right
• German: zufallen — to become an enforceable and permanent right
• Spanish: adquirir — to become an enforceable and permanent right