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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cumulative \Cu"mu*la*tive\ (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. ``As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original.'' --Bacon 2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds. The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. --Trench. 3. (Law) a Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence. b Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. --Bouvier. --Wharton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cumulative adj : increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" [syn: {accumulative}]
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