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Piling up in capital style (8)

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I believe the answer is:

accruing

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'piling up' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'in capital style' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for accruing that I've seen is " Growing by adding to".)

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