myəˌleɪ adjective
1.
tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
2.
tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —vb | |
| to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect | |
| [C16: from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre to heap up, from cumulus a heap] | |
| ac'cumulable | |
| —adj | |
| ac'cumulative | |
| —adj | |
| ac'cumulatively | |
| —adv | |
| ac'cumulativeness | |
| —n | |
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