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 ]
n. [ L. concrescentia. ] Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [ R. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Crescent. ] Increase; enlargement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend. H. Brooke. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ F. excrescence, excroissanse, L. excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere. See Excrescent. ] An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance;
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Supercrescent. ] That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Something growing superfluously. [ 1913 Webster ]