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   accumulate

   /əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of: "investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence"
   • ▪ gradually gather or acquire (a resulting whole): "her goal was to accumulate a huge fortune"
   • ▪ gather; build up: "the toxin accumulated in their bodies"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin accumulat- ‘heaped up’, from the verb accumulare, from ad- ‘to’ + cumulus ‘a heap’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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