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English Dictionary: Accumulate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accumulate
v
  1. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
    Synonym(s): roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
  2. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
    Synonym(s): accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
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.
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