tumulate
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Pronunciation[edit]
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tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)
- (archaic, transitive) To swell.
- 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:
- But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm
- (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
tumulate
- inflection of tumulare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
tumulate f pl
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
tumulāte