cumulate

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt/
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/ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt/ · /ˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/ · /ˈkjuːmjʊlət/ (UK)

Definition of cumulate

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To accumulate; to amass.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To accumulate; to amass.
  2. (intransitive)To be accumulated.
  3. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete)Alternative form of cumulated, past participle of cumulate.

adj

  1. Accumulated; agglomerated; amassed.
    “A cumulate or heaped fulness, when it overflows the continent.”

noun

  1. (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.

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