accumulate

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So you create a cool place where clouds can accumulate, and you have the trees to initiate the rain.

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  1. transitive verb To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather.
  2. intransitive verb To mount up; increase.

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  • So you create a cool place where clouds can accumulate, and you have the trees to initiate the rain. —  Willie Smits restores a rainforest
  • Brady said the survey will focus on how much extra traffic other routes will accumulate, and how Philadelphians 'general travel and consumer habits will change as a result of the construction. —  The Daily Pennsylvanian
  • Because there is no room within the skull to allow the blood to accumulate, the brain shifts.
  • When these wastes accumulate, the septic tank is said to be full and can no longer dispose of the wastes. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • I have discussed elsewhere the fact that many economic arguments are skewed by the fact that while there no limit to how much wealth you can accumulate, there is a lowere limit on just how poor you can become without starving to death. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin accumulāre, accumulāt- : ad-, ad- + cumulāre, to pile up (from cumulus, heap; see keuə- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare, heap up, from ad, to, + cumulare, heap, from cumulus, a heap: see cumulate and cumulus.
  2. from Latin accumulatus, past participle: see accumulate, v.
 

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/əˈkjumjuleɪt/
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