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cumulate

American  
[kyoo-myuh-leyt, kyoo-myuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈkyu myəˌleɪt, ˈkyu myə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

cumulated, cumulating

  1. to heap up; amass; accumulate.

adjective

  1. heaped up.

cumulate British  

verb

  1. to accumulate

  2. (tr) to combine (two or more sequences) into one

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adjective

  1. heaped up

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • cumulately adverb
  • cumulation noun
  • decumulate verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of cumulate

1525–35; < Latin cumulātus (past participle of cumulāre to heap up, pile up, accumulate), equivalent to cumul ( us ) a heap, pile, mass, cumulus + -ātus -ate 1

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