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aggrade

[ uh-greyd ]

verb (used with object)

Physical Geography.
aggraded, aggrading.
  1. to raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like.


aggrade

/ ˌæɡrəˈdeɪʃən; əˈɡreɪd /

verb

  1. tr to build up the level of (any land surface) by the deposition of sediment Compare degrade
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Derived Forms

  • aggradation, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··岹·پDz [ag-r, uh, -, dey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • g·岹tDz· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aggrade1

First recorded in 1895–1900; ag- + grade
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Example Sentences

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Results of Glacial Action.—A glacier is a degrading and an aggrading agent.

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But he wanted her, an' his father an' O'Moore put their heads together over a glass an' aggrade that the young wans 'ud be married.

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However, I believe students of agriculture will agree with me that deforestation, increased erosion, and aggrading gravel banks probably drove the folk out of Saylla.

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While aggrading streams thus tend to shift their channels, degrading streams, on the contrary, become more and more deeply intrenched in their valleys.

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So she aggrade to do her best, an' gev her a little bag to carry wid 'erbs in it, an' writ some words on two bits av paper an' the same in Latin.

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