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cumulate

 [v. kyoo-myuh-leyt; adj. kyoo-myuh-lit, -leyt]   Origin

cu·mu·late

   [v. kyoo-myuh-leyt; adj. kyoo-myuh-lit, -leyt] verb, cu·mu·lat·ed, cu·mu·lat·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
1.
to heap up; amass; accumulate.
adjective
2.
heaped up.

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Origin:
1525–35; < Latin cumulātus (past participle of cumulāre to heap up, pile up, accumulate), equivalent to cumul(us) a heap, pile, mass, cumulus + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
cu·mu·late·ly, adverb
de·cu·mu·late, verb (used with object), de·cu·mu·lat·ed, de·cu·mu·lat·ing.
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cumulate
 
—vb
1.  to accumulate
2.  (tr) to combine (two or more sequences) into one
 
—adj
3.  heaped up
 
[C16: from Latin cumulāre from cumulus heap]
 
'cumulately
 
—adv
 
cumu'lation
 
—n

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cumulate
1530s, from L. cumulat-, pp. stem of cumulare "to heap," from cumulus "mound, heap" (see cumulus).
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