English Dictionary: accumulate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Accumulate \Ac*cu"mu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accumulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accumulating}.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See {Cumulate}.] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. Syn: To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Accumulate \Ac*cu"mu*late\ ([acr]k*k[umac]"m[usl]*l[amac]t), v. i. 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. --Goldsmith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Accumulate \Ac*cu"mu*late\ (-l[asl]t), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.] Collected; accumulated. --Bacon. |