aggrade

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aggrade - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aggrade \Ag*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggraded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Aggrading.] (Phys. Geog.)
     To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by
     addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by
     depositing sediment.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

aggrade - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aggrade
      v 1: build up to a level by depositing sediment [ant: degrade]