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accrete [əˈkriːt] vb
1. to grow or cause to grow together; be or become fused 2. to make or become bigger, as by addition [back formation from accretion] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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the "pearl" itself, as I shall briefly show, occurs elsewhere
within the novel and accretes a broader symbolic value. This is the centerpoint of
Morrison's diasporic critical gaze, the lens through which the
narrative filters and syndetically accretes Greco-Roman,
Judeo-Christian, Celtic, and Native American cosmological motifs. Before this hot, high-speed gas accretes onto
the hole and vanishes forever, it emits a swan song--intense radiation
ranging from visible light to X rays. |
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