† accrescencyn.

1642 J. Gauden 3 Serm. 65 Falsity and injury presuppose them [i.e. truth and equity] first, and are but the superstructure, a kinde of mosse and accrescency to them.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 124 We shall have more of human infirmities to be ashamed of than can be excused by the accrescencies and condition of our nature.

1670 W. Marshall Answers upon Several Heads Philos. ii. vii. 209 Infinite heterogeneal concrete magnitudes consisting each of solids with the accrescency, or annexion of a foot-line, may be given greater, or lesser then a cube elle.

1894 M. Beerbohm in Yellow Bk. Apr. 68 As only in an elaborate era can man by the tangled accrescency of his own pleasures and emotions reach that refinement which is his highest excellence.