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accrescence
accrescence \ac*cres"cence\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]s"sens), n. [LL. accrescentia.] Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]
The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched
depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy.
--Coleridge.
Wiktionary
accrescence
n. (context rare English) Continuous growth; an accretion.