'accretive' definitions:

Definition of 'accretive'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Growing by accretion

Definition of 'accretive'

From: GCIDE
  • increasing \increasing\ adj.
  • 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ; {multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ; {accretive ; {rising ] decreasing [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
  • Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ] [WordNet 1.5]

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