ACCUMULATE

accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass

(verb) collect or gather; “Journals are accumulating in my office”; “The work keeps piling up”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)

Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store, Thesaurus:pile up

(intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather, Thesaurus:accumulate

(education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

Adjective

accumulate (not comparable)

(poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ac*cu"mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accumulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating.] Etym: [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate.]

Definition: To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

Syn.

– To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.

Ac*cu"mu*late, v. i.

Definition: To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.

Ac*cu"mu*late, a. Etym: [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.]

Definition: Collected; accumulated. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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