The process of increasing can be called accretion. Although you may say that stalactites "grow" from the ceilings of caves, they actually form from an accretion of limestone and other minerals.
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Noun
(law) an increase in a beneficiary''s share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
Noun
an increase by natural growth or addition
Noun
(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
Noun
(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
Noun
(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
Noun
something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"
n.
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the
increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic
growth.
n.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an
accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion
of earth.
n.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the
accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
n.
A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of
the fingers toes.
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.
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.
Accretion
A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion.
To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion.3.
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
Usage Examples
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
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Other Usage ExamplesViewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
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