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ac⋅cu⋅mu⋅late

  [uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
Use accumulated in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1520–30; < L accumulātus heaped up (ptp. of accumulāre), equiv. to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ac⋅cu⋅mu⋅la⋅ble, adjective
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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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