verb/a.kʁwatʁ/
to increase; to increase, to grow
“Au cœur du modèle néolibéral, le libre-échange sans précaution a accru le phénomène des délocalisations.” — Rash free trade, at the heart of the neoliberal model, has increased the phenomenon of relocations.
Inherited from Middle French accroistre, from Old French acroistre, acreistre, inherited from Latin accrēscere. By surface analysis, a- + croître.