Ac*cres"cence (&?;), n. [LL. accrescentia.] Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]
The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy.
Coleridge.
Ac*cres"cent (&?;), a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]