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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Accumulate  \Ac*cu"mu*late\  (-l[asl]t),  a.  [L.  accumulatus  p.  p. 
  of  accumulare.] 
  Collected;  accumulated.  --Bacon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Accumulate  \Ac*cu"mu*late\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Accumulated}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Accumulating}.]  [L.  accumulatus  p.  p.  of 
  accumulare  ad  +  cumulare  to  heap.  See  {Cumulate}.] 
  To  heap  up  in  a  mass;  to  pile  up  to  collect  or  bring 
  together;  to  amass;  as  to  accumulate  a  sum  of  money. 
 
  Syn:  To  collect;  pile  up  store;  amass;  gather;  aggregate; 
  heap  together;  hoard. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Accumulate  \Ac*cu"mu*late\  ([a^]k*k[=u]"m[-u]*l[=a]t),  v.  i. 
  To  grow  or  increase  in  quantity  or  number;  to  increase 
  greatly. 
 
  Ill  fares  the  land,  to  hastening  ills  a  prey,  Where 
  wealth  accumulates,  and  men  decay.  --Goldsmith. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  accumulate 
  v  1:  get  together  [syn:  {collect},  {pile  up},  {amass},  {compile}, 
  {hoard}] 
  2:  collect  or  gather;  "Journals  are  accumulating  in  my  office" 
  [syn:  {cumulate},  {conglomerate},  {pile  up},  {gather},  {amass}] 
  3:  get  or  bring  together;  "accumulate  evidence"  [syn:  {collect}, 
  {pull  in}] 

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