Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cumulate — index accumulate (amass), aggregate, compile, glean, hoard, store Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
cumulate — (v.) 1530s, from L. cumulatus heaped, increased, augmented, pp. of cumulare to heap, from cumulus mound, heap (see CUMULUS (Cf. cumulus)). Related: Cumulated; cumulating … Etymology dictionary
cumulate — [kyo͞o′myə lāt΄; ] for adj. [, kyo͞o′myəlit, kyo͞o′myəlāt΄] vt., vi. cumulated, cumulating [< L cumulatus, pp. of cumulare, to heap up, amass < cumulus: see CUMULUS] to gather into a heap; accumulate adj. gathered into a heap cumulation n … English World dictionary
cumulate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin cumulatus, past participle of cumulare, from cumulus mass Date: 1534 transitive verb 1. to gather or pile in a heap 2. to combine into one 3. to build up by … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cumulate rock — Cumulate rocks are igneous rocks formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating. Cumulate rocks are named according to their texture; cumulate texture is diagnostic of the conditions of formation of this group… … Wikipedia
cumulate — v.; lated [L. cumulatus, heap up] To accumulate in groups or heaps … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cumulate — cumulately, adv. v. /kyooh myeuh layt /; adj. /kyooh myeuh lit, layt /, v., cumulated, cumulating, adj. v.t. 1. to heap up; amass; accumulate. adj. 2. heaped up. [1525 35; < L cumulatus (ptp. of cumulare to heap up, pile up, accumulate), equiv.… … Universalium
cumulate — 1. verb a) To accumulate; to amass. b) To be accumulated. 2. adjective accumulated, agglomerated, amassed … Wiktionary
cumulate — Synonyms and related words: accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, assemble, backlog, batch, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, clump, cluster, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile,… … Moby Thesaurus
cumulate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect1, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up. See COLLECT … English dictionary for students
