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unaccumulate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- 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 accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate English unaccumulate From un- + accumulate.

Meanings

1. To get rid of something previously accumulated.
   • Now, this accumulation thing that people are going through — you accumulate — you're going to find out it's very difficult now to unaccumulate, unaccumulate. 2015, Arthur Fanning, The Comprehension of the Holy Spirit within the Human Condition:
   • “You cannot imagine,” she was saying, “what a joy it has been to unaccumulate! To get rid of things! To select.” 2020, David Grayson, Great Possessions, page 101:

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