ACCUMULATE

ACCU'MULATE, verb transitive [Latin accumulo, ad and cumulo, to heap; cumulus a heap.]1. To heap up; to pile; to amass; as, to accumulate earth or stones.2. To collect or bring together; as to accumulate causes of misery; to accumulate wealth.ACCU'MULATE, verb intransitive To grow to a great size, number or quantity; to increase greatly; as public evils accumulate ACCU'MULATE, adjective Collected into a mass, or quantity.

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accumulate. Accumulate, v.t. to heap together, pile up, add

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Ac‐cu″mu‐late (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accumulated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating.] [[L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate.]] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. Syn. — To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.