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(k?′m?-l?t)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Cumulated

(-l?ˊt?d)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Cumulating

(-l?ˊt?ng)

[L.

cumulatus

, p. p. of

cumulare

to heap up, fr.

cumulus

a heap. See

To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

Shoals of shells, bedded and

cumulated

heap upon heap.

Woodward.

Verb.

[L., a heap.] To gather or throw into a heap; to form a heap; to heap together. [Accumulate is more generally used.]