Cumulate Definition

kyo͝omyə-lāt

cumulated, cumulates, cumulating

verb

cumulated, cumulates, cumulating

To gather into a heap; accumulate.

Webster's New World

To combine into one unit; merge.

American Heritage

To become massed.

American Heritage

(intransitive) To be accumulated.

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adjective

Having cumulated or having been cumulated; heaped up or amassed.

American Heritage

Gathered into a heap.

Webster's New World

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noun

(geology) An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating.

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Origin of Cumulate

Latin cumulāre cumulāt- from cumulus heap keuə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin cumulatus, past participle of cumulo (“to pile up”).

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