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Cumulate

//ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Accumulated; agglomerated; amassed.

    "A cumulate or heaped fulness, when it overflows the continent."

Noun
  1. 1
    An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma by either settling or floating. countable, uncountable

    "Layered cumulates are prominent within virtually all of the larger intrusions."

Verb
  1. 1
    To accumulate; to amass. transitive
  2. 2
    increase in amount by collecting or gathering wordnet
  3. 3
    To be accumulated. intransitive
  4. 4
    Alternative form of cumulated, past participle of cumulate. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic use of the participle up until Early Modern English.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic use of the participle up until Early Modern English.

Etymology 3

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic use of the participle up until Early Modern English.

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