CUMULATE

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


Etymology

Verb

cumulate (third-person singular simple present cumulates, present participle cumulating, simple past and past participle cumulated)

(transitive) To accumulate; to amass.

(intransitive) To be accumulated.

Synonyms

• (accumulate): amass, heap up; see also pile up

• (be accumulated)

Adjective

cumulate (comparative more cumulate, superlative most cumulate)

accumulated, agglomerated, amassed

Noun

cumulate (plural cumulates)

(geology) An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating.

Source: Wiktionary


Cu"mu*late (k"m-lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cumulated (-l`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Cumulating (-l`tng).] Etym: [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See Cumber.]

Definition: To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate. Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. Woodward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 June 2025

DISPIRITEDLY

(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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