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aggrade
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ag·grade  (-grd)
tr.v. ag·grad·ed, ag·grad·ing, ag·grades
To fill and raise the level of (the bed of a stream) by deposition of sediment.
aggra·dation (gr-dshn) n.
aggra·dation·al adj.
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Verb1.aggrade - build up to a level by depositing sediment
grade - level to the right gradient
degrade - reduce the level of land, as by erosion


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Sedimentation in these entrenched floodplains was also influenced by sea-level fluctuation during the Holocene, causing increased aggradation and formation of large fluvial lakes and swamps (Singh 2001).
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