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accumulate

English

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Etymology

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First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

  1. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
    Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store; see also Thesaurus:pile up
    He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
  2. (intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
    Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
    With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.
  3. (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

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Translations

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Adjective

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accumulate (not comparable)

  1. (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
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References

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  1. ^ “accumulate, v.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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accumulate

  1. inflection of accumulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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accumulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of accumulato

Latin

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Etymology

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From accumulō (“amass, pile up”).

Adverb

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accumulātē (comparative accumulātius, superlative accumulātissimē)

  1. abundantly, copiously

Synonyms

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References

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  • “accumulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “accumulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accumulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • accumulate in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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