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ac⋅cu⋅mu⋅late
[uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt] 
myəˌleɪt
verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.–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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| ac·cu·mu·late (ə-kyōōm'yə-lāt') v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates v. tr. To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather. v. intr. To mount up; increase. [Latin accumulāre, accumulāt- : ad-, ad- + cumulāre, to pile up (from cumulus, heap; see keuə- in Indo-European roots).] ac·cu'mu·la·ble (-lə-bəl) adj. |
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Accumulate
Ac*cu"mu*late\, v. 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.Accumulate
Ac*cu"mu*late\ ([a^]k*k[=u]"m[-u]*l[=a]t), v. 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.Accumulate
Ac*cu"mu*late\ (-l[asl]t), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.] Collected; accumulated. --Bacon.
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Language Translation for : accumulate
Spanish:
acumularse,
German:
sich anhäufen,
Japanese:
たまる
accumulate
- To purchase a relatively large amount of stock in a firm during a given period. Compare distribute.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: ac·cu·mu·late
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed; -lat·ing
transitive verb : to gather esp. little by little; specifically : to add (income from a fund) back into the principal intransitive verb : to increase gradually in amount or number
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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