Ac*crue" (k*kr"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Accrued (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [See Accrue, n., and cf. Accresce, Accrete.] 1. To increase; to augment.
And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
Spenser.
2. 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." Abbott.
The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press.
Junius.
Ac*crue", n. [F. accrû, OF. acreü, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent.] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
Ac*cru"er (k*kr"r), n. (Law) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.
Ac*cru"ment (-ment), n. The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase. Jer. Taylor.
Ac`cu*ba"tion (&?;), n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad + cubare to lie down. See Accumb.] The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Ac*cumb" (k*kmb"), v. i. [L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down.] To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.