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Webster 1913 Edition
Accumulate
Ac-cu′mu-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accumulated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Accumulating
.] 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
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.
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.
ACCU'MULATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
accumulate
accumulate
English
Verb
accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- (intransitive) 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. - Oliver Goldsmith
Synonyms
Translations
to pile up
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to grow in number
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Adjective
accumulate (not comparable)
- (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
Related terms
Italian
Verb
accumulate
- second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
- second-person plural imperative of accumulare
- feminine plural of accumulato
Latin
Etymology
From accumulō (“amass, pile up”)
Adverb
accumulātē (comparable accumulātius, superlative accumulātissimē)
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accumulate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- accumulate in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)