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verb (used with object)
1.
to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
verb (used without object)
2.
to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.
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Accumulate
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| the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact |
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Origin:
1520–30; < Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate1
1520–30; < Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ac·cu·mu·la·ble, adjective
non·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, adjective
o·ver·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
pre·ac·cu·mu·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
re·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
EXPANDsu·per·ac·cu·mu·late, verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
un·ac·cu·mu·la·ble, adjective
un·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, adjective
well-ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Protein fragments accumulate between nerve cells.
- The more faces they correctly identify the more points they accumulate.
- Now, many grasslands have become woodlands, and can accumulate vast amounts of dead tinder—potential fuel for fire.
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Word Origin & History
accumulate
1520s, from L. accumulatus, pp. of accumulare (see accumulation); pp. adj. accumulated drove out accumulate (adj.) in this sense (except poetic) by c.1700.
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