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
Other Word Forms
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
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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
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 Jean Macé
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 Henry Adams
This road passes through the central zone of the State, and, with its briearian arms, must cumulate untold wealth and power, only to be emptied into this "lap of empire."
From Minnesota; Its Character and Climate Likewise Sketches of Other Resorts Favorable to Invalids; Together With Copious Notes on Health; Also Hints to Tourists and Emigrants. by Ledyard Bill
“This creates a compounding effect where the final price of a good reflects not just the direct increase in the local energy price but the cumulated effects of price increases across international suppliers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
"We cannot measure the epidemiological situation only based on cumulated incidence," she said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 9, 2021
Germany, with more than 300,000 cumulated applications, and Sweden, with 100,000, are the E.U.’s top receiving countries.
From Time ● Aug. 23, 2016
With her dusty scrolls, Clio is not just the muse of history, but an emblem of the cumulated wisdom of the ages.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 21, 2010
So the different meditations on Brahman also may be cumulated with a view to greater fulness of intuition of Brahman.—This view the Sûtra rejects.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut
The trust funds were a way of cumulating workers’ aggregate tax payments to ensure an equal sum would be paid out again, in aggregate, at some point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The longer the race, the more crucial it is to be conservative with pacing, since fatigue in longer races reflects slowly cumulating processes, such as glycogen depletion and tissue damage.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2015
I under-estimated the effect of the cumulating attacks.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
The steady, cumulating influences of the whole atmosphere of civic life must lead to a slow but persistent change.
From Psychology and Social Sanity by Hugo Münsterberg
We were now only nineteen miles from Jacksboro, in the valley of the Clinch, but the distance was multiplied by the cumulating difficulties of the way.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
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