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How do you spell Accretion

Available Definitions:
1)  n. - The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
2)  n. - The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
3)  n. - Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
4)  n. - A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
5)  n. - The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
6)  n. - Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.





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