Accumulate — Defs

01 v. t. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

imp. & p. p. Accumulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating

1.
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.

02 v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

1.
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.

03 a. Collected; accumulated.