( a. )
Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.
( a. )
Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012