| 2. | accrue - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"change hands - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed owners twice last year" devolve, return, fall, pass - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" | |