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cumulate
CIDE DICTIONARY
cumulate, v. t. [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See Cumber.].
To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate. [1913 Webster]
"Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cumulate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr. accumulate, amass; combine.
--adj. heaped up, massed.
--v.tr. & intr. accumulate, amass; combine.
--adj. heaped up, massed.
Derivative
cumulation n.
Etymology
L cumulare f. cumulus heap
THESAURUS
cumulate
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