cumulate[verb]Synonyms: accumulate, amass, garner, hive, lay up, roll up, stockpile, store (up), uplay
Antonyms: dissipate
Related Words: obtain,
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cumulate adjective & noun.
['kju:mjʊlǝt] M16.[Latin cumulatus pa. pple, formed as CUMULATE verb: see -ATE2.]A. adjective. Heaped up, massed.
M16.b. noun. An igneous rock that was formed by particles in a magma settling to the bottom.
M20. ■ cumulately adverb (
rare)
M19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
cumulate verb.
['kju:mjʊleɪt] M16.[Latin cumulat- pa. ppl stem of cumulare, from cumulus a heap: see -ATE3.]1. verb trans. & (rare) intrans. Gather in a heap; heap up; accumulate.
M16.2. verb trans. Combine
with something additional.
M17.■ E. Edwards Allowed him to cumulate the councillorship with the corregidorship.b. Combine (successive lists, e.g. of books) into a single comprehensive list, esp. at regular intervals.
E20.3. verb trans. Put the finishing touches to, crown, culminate.
arch. M17.■ Marvell To cumulate all this happiness, they had this new Law against the Fanaticks. ■ cumulated adjective that has been cumulated; (of cloud) formed into cumuli;
Chemistry involving two double bonds attached to the same carbon atom:
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