Accroach
(Ac*croach") v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; à (L.
ad) + croc hook ]
1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]
2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power.
Stubbs.
Accroachment
(Ac*croach"ment) n. [Cf. F. accrochement.] An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey.
Accrual
(Ac*cru"al) n. Accrument. [R.]
Accrue
(Ac*crue") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Accrued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [See Accrue, n., and cf.
Accresce, Accrete.]
1. To increase; to augment.
And though power failed, her courage did accrue.
Spenser.
2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit,
or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott.
The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press.
Junius.
Accrue
(Ac*crue"), n. [F. accrû, OF. acreü, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere
to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent.] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
Accruer
(Ac*cru"er) n. (Law) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.
Accrument
(Ac*cru"ment) n. The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase. Jer. Taylor.
Accubation
(Ac`cu*ba"tion) n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad + cubare to
lie down. See Accumb.] The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at
meals.
Accumb
(Ac*cumb") v. i. [L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down.] To recline,
as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.
Accumbency
(Ac*cum"ben*cy) n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [R.]
Accumbent
(Ac*cum"bent) a.
1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating.
Arbuthnot.
2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray.
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.
Eaton.
Accumbent
(Ac*cum"bent), n. One who reclines at table.
Accumber
(Ac*cum"ber) v. t. To encumber. [Obs.] Chaucer.
