Aggrade

/əˈɡreɪd/ verb

To raise the level or grade of land by depositing sediment and alluvial material on it.

Back-formation from 'aggradation' using the base form '-grade' (from Latin 'gradus'). Created as a verb in geology to express the active process of land building.

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