Third-person singular present tense of accrete; grows or accumulates gradually through addition.
From accrete plus -s. Standard third-person singular marking in English verb conjugation.
When astrophysicists describe how a white dwarf 'accretes' material from a nearby star, they're using the same verb that describes how your body accretes calcium in bones—growth through slow accumulation is universal.
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