preaccumulate
myəˌleɪt 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; < Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate1
1520–30; < Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ac·cu·mu·la·ble, adjective
non·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, adjective
o·ver·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, o·ver·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, o·ver·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.
pre·ac·cu·mu·late, verb (used with object), pre·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, pre·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.
re·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, re·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, re·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.
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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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Word Origin & History
accumulate
1520s, from L. accumulatus, pp. of accumulare (see accumulation); pp. adj. accumulated drove out accumulate (adj.) in this sense (except poetic) by c.1700.
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