Accumulate

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

musketeer oil heiress eleanor ritchey had a tendency to acc-mulate things.
the world’s 12 richest dogs the daily beast june 17, 2010

moreover, even a very strict per-purchase limit would permit people to acc-mulate ammunition over time.
you can’t save gun control with word games megan mcardle december 18, 2012

the notion that one should acc-mulate credentials before launching a venture simply does not exist.
marching through the meltdown dan senor, saul singer october 24, 2009

bolstered by the momentum of savage, masters continued to acc-mulate up-and-coming conservative talent.
the g-dfather of right-wing radio caitlin d-ckson november 22, 2014

i suspect that the answer was not to just acc-mulate victory points.
tammany hall: the game where you play as a new york city ward boss noah kristula-green may 3, 2013

historical examples

interest was allowed to acc-mulate, until the whole debt amounted to the sum of a thousand dollars.
miles wallingford james fenimore cooper

it would be easy as well as instructive to acc-mulate examples.
the truth about woman c. gasquoine hartley

thus buddhists acc-mulate religious “merit” 166 not only by fasting and praying, but by making collections of jewels and symbols.
ancient man in britain donald a. (donald alexander) mackenzie

then you began to take part in local politics and to acc-mulate ambitions.
jack o’ judgment edgar wallace

from time to time it cleans out the dirt and rubbish which acc-mulate in the hole.
the industries of animals frdric houssay

verb
to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quant-ty; am-ss; collect
v.

1520s, from latin acc-mulatus, past participle of acc-mulare “to heap up” (see acc-mulation). related: acc-mulated; acc-mulating.