accrete
/əˈkriːt/verb
no obj.
1- grow by accumulation or coalescence（经积累或聚合而）生长; 增大：
ice that had accreted grotesquely into stalactites.
奇形怪状地聚生成钟乳石状的冰。
1.1
- with obj. form (a composite whole or a collection of things) by gradual accumulation积聚为; 积成：
the collection of art he had accreted was to be sold.
他经年积累的艺术收藏品将被出售。
1.2
- Astronomy (of matter) come together or cause to come together under the influence of gravitation【天文】（物质）（被）吸积：
no obj. the gas will cool and then accrete to the galaxy's core.气体将冷却, 而后被吸积到星系中心。
1.3
- Astronomy (of a body) be formed from such matter【天文】（天体）由吸积物形成。
词源
late 18th cent.: from Latin accret- 'grown', from the verb accrescere, from ad- 'to' + crescere 'grow'.