Accumulate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. AC-CUMULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ACCUMULATING.] [Lat. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare, from ad and cumulare, to heap, from cumulus, heap; Fr. accumuler, It. accumulare, Pg. accumular, Sp. acumular, Pr. *acomolar.] To heap up in a mass; to pile; to collect or bring together; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

Synonyms— To collect; pile up; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together.

To grow to a great size, number, or quantity; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.