Definition of "accreted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of accrete. (verb)

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• ""accreted" is what tipped me off to what i was doing. ironically, i came by the word "accreted" honestly, laboring through many synonyms until i found the perfect geological/metaphorical term. but it was so mievillian that maybe it drug the rest of the paragraph into that territory behind it. who knows."
• "And "accreted" seems a particularly Miévillian verb."
• "Established in 1947 by an intrepid French female exile, this tiny, nicotine-patinated haunt hasn't changed since, only accreted more layers."