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Webster 1913 Edition

Accumulate

Ac-cu′mu-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accumulated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Accumulating
.]
[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
.
Syn. – To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.

Ac-cu′mu-late

(ăk-kū′mū̍-lāt)
,
Verb.
I.
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth
accumulates
, and men decay.
Goldsmith.

Ac-cu′mu-late

(-lā̍t)
,
Adj.
[L.
accumulatus
, p. p. of
accumulare
.]
Collected; accumulated.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accumulate

ACCU'MULATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. accumulo, ad and cumulo, to heap; cumulus a heap.]
1.
To heap up; to pile; to amass; as, to accumulate earth or stones.
2.
To collect or bring together; as to accumulate causes of misery; to accumulate wealth.

ACCU'MULATE

,
Verb.
I.
To grow to a great size, number or quantity; to increase greatly; as public evils accumulate.

ACCU'MULATE

,
Adj.
Collected into a mass, or quantity.

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