Accumulate /(ăk*kū"mū̇*lāt)/

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.

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.

1. Collected; accumulated.