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Word entry · 8 letters

cumulate

Best crossword clue

"Build up gradually"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt/Part of speech verbSorted acelmtuuStarts with CEnds with E1 clues
1C2U3M4U5L6A7T8E

Definitions

  1. increase in amount by collecting or gathering

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • A cumulate or heaped fulness, when it overflows the continent.
  • Layered cumulates are prominent within virtually all of the larger intrusions.

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