accumulate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“‘amass, pile up’”), formed from ad- (“‘to, towards, at’”) + cumulō (“‘heap’”), from cumulus (“‘heap’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/
[edit] Verb
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to accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
- Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. - Oliver Goldsmith
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[edit] Translations
to pile up
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to grow in number
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[edit] Adjective
accumulate (not comparable)
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- (rare) Collected; accumulated.
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[edit] External links
- accumulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- accumulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
accumulate
- Second-person plural present tense of accumulare.
- Second-person plural imperative of accumulare.
- Feminine plural of accumulato.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From accumulō (“‘amass, pile up’”)
[edit] Adverb
accumulātē (comparative accumulātius, superlative accumulātissimē)
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[edit] References
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
