ACCUMULATE


Meaning of ACCUMULATE in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .