;Posted on 05/16/2016 6:21:59 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word for The Day, Monday, 5/16/16
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
accrete/ accretion; verb/noun
verb (used without object), accreted, accreting.
1.
to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
verb (used with object), accreted, accreting.
2.
to add, as by growth.
adjective
3.
Botany. noun
1.
an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
2.
the result of this process.
3.
an added part; addition: The last part of the legend is a later accretion.
4.
the growing together of separate parts into a single whole.
5.
Law. increase of property by gradual natural additions, as of land by alluvion.
Etymology: 1605-15; < Latin accrētiōn- (stem of accrētiō), equivalent to accrēt (us), past participle of accrēscere to grow ( ac- ac- + crē- grow + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
that’s good!! A+++
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=3431032%2C3
“We can expect the new Governor of MD to come down like thunder on this accretion of hippies.”
We were out in it. Me in a sleeveless sweater and flip flops.
The Arkansas Mob does accrete
With lots of bags of Sakrete
Or sometimes in Fort Marcy Park
A fake suicide in the dark
With the Clinton’s it’s hardly discreet.
When I was young, friends and I would swim in accrete. There was a area where the water collected to form a large pool.
in the Grecian accrete? how cool! A+++
not sure about the link.... but A+++
good one! A++++
Well, if the temperature is low enough in the porta-potty, and the humidity high enough, and the TP wet enough, freezing your butt off outside accretes all sort of nasty conreted accumulations in the midst one’s nether regions.
did it happen suddenly??
but will they revolt? A+++
they may quietly vote for the other guy ;)
some may, I doubt a majority of them will though.
Majority would be too much to ask, just need a large minority of them.
Sorry about the busted link. Here is a good one.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3431032/posts
Haha
When the chunky girl bent over you could see her accrete that was so large I almost fell into it.
unreal A+++
don’t see that happening, and not sure it will make up for the nevertrump crowd.
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