Accruing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accrue \Ac*crue"\ ([a^]k*kr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Accrued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, n.,
     and cf. {Accresce}, {Accrete}.]
     1. To increase; to augment.
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              And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a
        growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or
        damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest
        accrues to principal." --Abbott.
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              The great and essential advantages accruing to
              society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
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