Definitions
increase in amount by collecting or gathering
Word origin
First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.
Used in a sentence
“He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.”
“With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.”
“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Gather gradually”10 letters
02“Pile up”10 letters
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