Definition of "accretive"
accretive
/ə.ˈkɹi.tɪv/
adjective
not comparable
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Quotations
There could be no rest-houses for revolt, no dividend of joy paid out. Its spirit was accretive, to endure as far as the senses would endure, and to use each advance as base for further adventure, deeper privation, sharper pain.
1927, T. E. Lawrence, chapter 19, in Revolt in the Desert, Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, pages 170–171