v.; also 7 accress. [ad. L. accrēsc-ĕre to grow to, grow on, f. ac- = ad- to + crēscĕre to grow. Substituted for, or refashioned on, earlier ACCREASE from Fr., the form accress being intermediate.]
1. To accrue. Obs. exc. as rendering accrēscere in Rom. law; see ACCRETION 8 b.
1634–46. J. Row (the father), Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842), 84. Prebendaries founded upon tithes to accress to the ministers liveing, and the rest for schoolls.
1661. Laws & Acts 1st Parlt. Chas. II. of Scotl., 3. Considering the great advantages [that] do accress to the publick good of His Subjects, by the due observance of such ancient and well grounded Customs and Constitutions.
a. 1685. Househ. of Chas. II., in Househ. Ord. (1790), 378. [It] accresses only to theire chamber keeper, to the ruyne of the waiters table.
1753. Stewart’s Trial, 161. These lands were the best farms on the estate, and most of the benefits accresced from them.
1880. Muirhead, Gaius, II. § 199. The share of any one who fails accresces to his co-legatee.
† 2. intr. To increase, grow up. Obs.
1637. Gillespie, Eng. Pop. Cerem., II. iii. 19. How little moates have accresced to Mountains.
† 3. trans. To increase, add to. Obs.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 247. Having repaired to the great city of Vienne to accresce his reputation in some more degrees.
