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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

accrescence \ac*cres"cence\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]s"sens), n. [LL. accrescentia.] Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.] [1913 Webster] The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]