cumulate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: cu=mu=late

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.

Derivative

cumulation n.

Etymology

L cumulare f. cumulus heap

THESAURUS

cumulate

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