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cumulate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkjuːmjʊlət/ (UK)

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō 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.

Meanings

  1. Accumulated; agglomerated; amassed.
    • A cumulate or heaped fulness, when it overflows the continent. 1633, Thomas Adams, A commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter, chapter II:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most cumulate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cumulate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (2)

bg натрупан (accumulated) · bg събран (accumulated)

wikipedia: Early Modern English

cumulate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkjuːmjʊlət/ (UK)

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō 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.

Meanings

  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. 1996, R. G. Cawthorn, Layered Intrusions, page 331:

Forms

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cumulates Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: Early Modern English

cumulate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈkjuː.mjʊˌleɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō 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.

Meanings

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

Forms

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cumulating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cumulated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cumulated Tense=Past lexicographic
cumulates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

orthocumulate · adcumulate · cumulative

Synonyms

see Thesaurus:pile up · heap up · amass

Translations (5)

bg трупам (accumulate) · bg натрупвам (accumulate) · bg събирам (accumulate) · de kumulieren (accumulate) · de kumulieren (be accumulated)

wikipedia: Early Modern English