ACCUMULATING

Verb

accumulating

present participle of accumulate

Source: Wiktionary


ACCUMULATE

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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