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cumulate
cu·mu·late
[
kymyə làyt
]
verb
(
past and past participle
cu·mu·lat·ed
,
present participle
cu·mu·lat·ing
,
3rd person present singular
cu·mu·lates
)
Definition:
1.
transitive and intransitive verb
Same as
accumulate
(sense 1)
2.
transitive verb
merge:
to combine two or more items into one
adjective
Definition:
heaped or amassed:
heaped up in a pile or mass
[
Mid-16th century. < Latin
cumulat-
, past participle of
cumulare
"gather in a heap" <
cumulus
"heap, pile"
]
cu·mu·la·tion
[
kymyə láysh'n
]
noun
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