What does "accumulate" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.Collected; accumulated. Bacon.

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