cumulate
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Definition of cumulate
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To accumulate; to amass.
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verb
- (transitive)To accumulate; to amass.
- (intransitive)To be accumulated.
- (alt-of, alternative, obsolete)Alternative form of cumulated, past participle of cumulate.
adj
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Accumulated; agglomerated; amassed.
“A cumulate or heaped fulness, when it overflows the continent.”
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma by either settling or floating.
“Layered cumulates are prominent within virtually all of the larger intrusions.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin cumulātusbor. English cumulate First attested in 1534;…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin cumulātusbor. English cumulate First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic use of the participle up until Early Modern English.
Words you can make from cumulate
123 playable · top: CALUMET (11 pts)
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10 words4-letter words
43 words- ACME 8 pts
- CALM 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CLAM 8 pts
- CULM 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
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- LAME 6 pts
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3-letter words
42 words- CAM 7 pts
- CUM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- ACE 5 pts
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- ULU 3 pts
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2-letter words
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