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cu⋅mu⋅late

  [v. kyoo-myuh-leyt; adj. kyoo-myuh-lit, -leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to heap up; amass; accumulate.
–adjective
2. heaped up.
Origin:
1525–35; < L cumulātus (ptp. of cumulāre to heap up, pile up, accumulate), equiv. to cumul(us) a heap, pile, mass, cumulus + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
cu⋅mu⋅late⋅ly, adverb
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cu·mu·late   (kyōōm'yə-lāt')   
v.   cu·mu·lat·ed, cu·mu·lat·ing, cu·mu·lates

v.   tr.
  1. To gather in a heap; accumulate.
  2. To combine into one unit; merge.
v.   intr.
To become massed.
adj.  Having cumulated or having been cumulated; heaped up or amassed.

[Latin cumulāre, cumulāt-, from cumulus, heap; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]
cu'mu·la'tion n.
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Cumulate

Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cumulated (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cumulating (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See Cumber.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. --Woodward.
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