Both Uses of
accrue
in
Middlemarch
- —As to my own concern with any report of such a nature, I distinctly affirm that I never made any statement to the effect that your son had borrowed money on any property that might accrue to him on Mr. Featherstone's demise—bless my heart!†
Chpt 2accrue = grow over time
- 'property'—accrue—demise!†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
grow by gradual addition
or:
to "come into the possession of"
or:
to "come into the possession of"