cumulate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
verb
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to accumulate
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(tr) to combine (two or more sequences) into one
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of cumulate
1525–35; < Latin cumulātus (past participle of cumulāre to heap up, pile up, accumulate), equivalent to cumul ( us ) a heap, pile, mass, cumulus + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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During sleep, brain cells produce bursts of electrical pulses that cumulate into rhythmic waves -- a sign of heightened brain cell function.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
Peters, B. J., Day, J. M. D. & Taylor, L. A. Early mantle heterogeneities in the Réunion hotspot source inferred from highly siderophile elements in cumulate xenoliths.
From Nature • Feb. 27, 2018
Sir Charles labored only to heap up the evidences of evolution; to cumulate them till the mass became irresistible.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry
These cumulate rather than change: they become reptiles without ceasing to be fishes, if I may so express it; they develop lungs as they grow up, and yet keep their gills.
From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean
Why may there not be different points of view for surveying it, within each of which all data harmonize, and which the observer may therefore either choose between, or simply cumulate one upon another?
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
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