cumulate

cu·mu·late

 (kyo͞om′yə-lāt′)

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.

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[Latin cumulāre, cumulāt-, from cumulus, heap; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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cu′mu·la′tion n.

cumulate

vb

1. to accumulate

2. (tr) to combine (two or more sequences) into one

adj

heaped up

[C16: from Latin cumulāre from cumulus heap]

ˈcumulately adv

ˌcumuˈlation n

cu•mu•late

(v. ˈkyu myəˌleɪt; adj. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to heap up; amass; accumulate.

adj.

2. heaped up.

[1525–35; < Latin cumulātus, past participle of cumulāre to heap up, accumulate, derivative of cumulus a heap, mass]

cu′mu•late•ly, adv.

cu`mu•la′tion, n.

cumulate

Past participle: cumulated
Gerund: cumulating

Imperative

cumulate

cumulate

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

cumulate - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" amass, conglomerate, pile up, accumulate, gather 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"

cumulate

verb

To bring together so as to increase in mass or number:

accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up.

Translations

kumulieren