Aggrade
to raise the or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like.
historical examples
its deposits tend to aggrade (build up) the flat which its meanderings develop.
the geography of the region about devils lake and the dalles of the wisconsin rollin d. salisbury
in this way they aggrade each portion of it in turn by means of their shifting channels.
the elements of geology william harmon norton
verb
(transitive) to build up the level of (any land surface) by the deposition of sediment compare degrade (sense 4)
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