— accumulable , adj.
/euh kyooh"myeuh layt'/ , v. , accumulated, accumulating .
v.t.
1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
v.i.
2. to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.
[ 1520-30; accumulatus heaped up (ptp. of accumulare ), equiv. to ac- AC- + cumul ( us ) heap + -atus -ATE 1 ]