accumulate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ac=cu=mu=late
• COUNT in NET: 9 in 8 verses (in OT : 6 in 5 verses) (in NT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

accumulate, v. t. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate.].

 To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.

accumulate, v. i. 

 To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.  [1913 Webster]
"Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay."  [1913 Webster]

accumulate, a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.].

 Collected; accumulated.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

accumulate, v.
1 tr. a acquire an increasing number or quantity of; heap up. b produce or acquire (a resulting whole) in this way.
2 intr. grow numerous or considerable; form an increasing mass or quantity.

Etymology

L accumulare (as AC-, cumulus heap)

THESAURUS

accumulate

accouple, accrue, advance, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, appreciate, articulate, assemble, associate, backlog, balloon, band, batch, bloat, bond, boom, bracket, breed, bridge, bridge over, bring together, broaden, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, cement, chain, clap together, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, corral, couple, cover, crescendo, cull, cumulate, develop, dig up, draw together, dredge up, drive together, embrace, encompass, fund, gain, gain strength, garner, garner up, gather, gather in, gather into barns, gather together, get ahead, get in, get together, glean, glue, go up, group, grow, grub, grub up, heap, heap up, hide, hive, hoard, hoard up, hold, include, increase, intensify, join, juxtapose, keep, knot, lay away, lay by, lay down, lay in, lay together, lay up, league, link, lump together, make up, marry, marshal, mass, match, merge, mobilize, mount, multiply, muster, pair, partner, pick, pick up, piece together, pile, pile up, pluck, proliferate, put away, put together, put up, raise, rake up, rally, rise, roll into one, roll up, round up, run up, save, save up, scare up, scrape together, scrape up, secrete, shoot up, snowball, solder, span, splice, spread, squirrel, squirrel away, stick together, stock, stock up, stockpile, store, store up, strengthen, swell, take in, take up, tape, tie, treasure, treasure up, unify, unite, wax, weld, whip in, widen, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

accumulate

Store

VB store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.

Assemblage

VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.