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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