Accumulated
to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up:
to acc-mulate wealth.
to gather into a heap, m-ss, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quant-ty:
snow acc-mulated in the driveway. his debts kept on acc-mulating.
contemporary examples
the crowd that acc-mulated to watch the squabble reportedly applauded and cheered as bieber fled the scene.
an unlikely hero blooms in ibiza: orlando bloom sort of punches justin bieber amy zimmerman july 29, 2014
living an upright life and without holding an official post, he acc-mulated virtue and cultivated goodness.
the mystery of yo-yo ma’s name henry louis gates, jr. february 8, 2010
the acc-mulated five-dollar tickets will surely be a boon to town coffers.
jerry sandusky trial: the defense reveals its strategy diane dimond june 11, 2012
the country’s banks have acc-mulated, by one report, deposits from russian nationals that actually exceed its gdp.
what’s the matter with capital flows? megan mcardle march 17, 2013
but minor though they may be, the stack of quibbles this season has acc-mulated can be piled fairly high.
idol’s white-guy problem richard rushfield may 25, 2011
historical examples
abuse, cruelty, outrage, acc-mulated on the heads of the poor aleuts.
vikings of the pacific agnes c. laut
i had acc-mulated a farflung line of drinking men as friends.
the old game samuel g. blythe
and in the meantime all my acc-mulated experience had been added to enhance my original talent.
greener than you think ward moore
there was the acc-mulated bitterness of months in his voice.
a breath of prairie and other stories will lillibridge
wealth, in its view, was less the mere production of goods than the acc-mulated happiness of humble men.
political thought in england from locke to bentham harold j. laski
verb
to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quant-ty; am-ss; collect
adj.
past participle adjective from acc-mulate (v.). it drove out acc-mulate (adj.) in this sense (except in poetic use) by c.1700.
v.
1520s, from latin acc-mulatus, past participle of acc-mulare “to heap up” (see acc-mulation). related: acc-mulated; acc-mulating.
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