tumulate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːmjʊleɪt/, (yod-coalescence) /ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtumjəleɪt/

Verb

tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)

1. (archaic, transitive) To swell.
   • 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:

     But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm

2. (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.

Related terms

• tumor, tumour
• tumulus

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

tumulate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

tumulate f pl

1. feminine plural of tumulato

Latin

Verb

tumulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of tumulō