In this way they aggrade each portion of it in turn by means of their shifting channels. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
After building this sheet of waste the streams ceased to aggrade and began the work of destruction. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
But as on other glaciated volcanoes, Rainier's water transports so much dirt and rock that its riverbeds rise over time, or aggrade, with the tons of debris that gradually get driven downstream. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Even when the river is able to maintain its right of way it may yet have its declivity so lessened that it is compelled to aggrade its course continually, filling the valley with river deposits which may grow to an enormous thickness. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
It has therefore been slowly subsiding and its streams, although continually carried below grade, have yet been able to aggrade the surface as rapidly as the region sank, and have maintained it, as at present, slightly above sea level. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
So they all aggrade, an’ wint home at wanst to get ready fur the shports. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wonders] Reference
O’Moore put their heads together over a glass an’ aggrade that the young wans ’ud be married. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wonders] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wonders] Reference
Afther a dale av palatherin’, they aggrade that the divil was to do all that Lord Robert axed him fur twinty years, an’ then to have him sowl an’ body; but if he failed, there was an end av the bargain. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wonders] Reference
"So Nora towld Paddy an’ Paddy said he’d not give her up for all the men in Tipperary or all the shape in Ireland, an’ it was aggrade that in wan way or another, they’d be married in spite av owld O’Moore, though Nora hated to do it, bekase, as I was afther tellin’ ye, she was a good gurrul, an’ wint to mass an’ to her duty reg’lar. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wonders] Reference
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