\Ac*cu"mu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accumulated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Accumulating}.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of
accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See {Cumulate}.]
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring
together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
Syn: To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate;
     heap together; hoard.

\Ac*cu"mu*late\ ([a^]k*k[=u]"m[-u]*l[=a]t), v. i.
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase
greatly.
      Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
      wealth accumulates, and men decay.       --Goldsmith.

\Ac*cu"mu*late\ (-l[asl]t), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p.
of accumulare.]
Collected; accumulated. --Bacon.