Posted on 07/11/2013 4:48:43 AM PDT by secret garden
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 \uh-KREET\ , verb
1. to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
2. to add, as by growth.
adjective
1. Botany. grown together.
Example sentences:
Most things accrete that don't gradually crumble, rust or evaporate.
-- Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata, 2012
...a long history, in the course of which it seems to grow, to accrete difficulties, and to merge and overlap with other problems, so that an attempt to solve the single problem appears hopeless without an assault…
-- Renata Adler, Pitch Dark, 1983
Etymology:
Entering English in the late 1700s, accrete is a backformation of the noun accretion from the Latin word accrēscere meaning "to grow."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Yes, it is Truthy, yes it is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3egieH3qY
Ironically,this Black, is White.
I don’t know how you put up with all that traffic. A for you!
Somebody forget to tell her that the way to indicate that you are enjoying a particular food is to rub the tummy, not the tetas.
She seems hostile at best.
I think you’ve been talking with cretins. A for you!
It is getting weird, isn’t it? A for you.
How fun! A for you. Are you going to get Sarah a pony?
Ha! She wishes.
That’s incretinible!
Yes, indeed.
She was quite the vivacious morning news anchor.....
Better? The most that I can say is that it's different. I am not using a cane anymore, however. But, I still am aware of foreign body in my leg! LOL. It doesn't hurt much anymore, except when I stand up after being seated for a while.
My doctor says that when I forget all about it, it will be time to have the othe one done. It's been 3 months, and I'm not there yet.
I think you would need at least 6 months in between. My MIL had them done almost a year apart.
That’s what I’m told. At the rate I’m going with my recovery, 6 months should be about right. I don’t know why I thought this would be easier, but I was surprised at how difficult it has been.
Home from errands and a bid-
It seems Obama’s minions wake
To a brand new world each day-
When no one buys their crap
They just pitch it a new way
Obamascare bombed-and badly
So they repackaged it again-
Favors accreted with unions
And we didn’t want it then
They kiss up to corporations
Which is no different at all
Either way, the die is cast
They’re going into free fall...
Very true. Just the sheer number of exclusions granted at the outset should have raised red flags. A+ for you.
Accretins.
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