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cumulate

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cu·mu·late  (kymy-lt)
v. cu·mu·lat·ed, cu·mu·lat·ing, cu·mu·lates
v.tr.
1. To gather in a heap; accumulate.
2. To combine into one unit; merge.
v.intr.
To become massed.
adj.
Having cumulated or having been cumulated; heaped up or amassed.

[Latin cumulre, cumult-, from cumulus, heap; see keu- in Indo-European roots.]

cumu·lation n.
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Verb1.cumulatecumulate - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
backlog - accumulate and create a backlog
accrete - grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"
drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"

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In the view of some members, the dollar could well come under downward pressure as the nation's current account deficits continued to cumulate.
 
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