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Accumulate

//əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Collected; accumulated. not-comparable, poetic, rare
Verb
  1. 1
    To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent. transitive

    "He wishes to accumulate a sum of money."

  2. 2
    increase in amount by collecting or gathering wordnet
  3. 3
    To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. intransitive

    "With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house."

  4. 4
    get or gather together wordnet
  5. 5
    To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual. dated

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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