单词 | cumulate |
释义 | cumulateadj. Formed or gathered into a heap; heaped up; massed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > accumulated cumulate1535 amassed1601 accumulated1617 cumulated1642 saved1834 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 118 Ane carne of stonis togither cumulat. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 2) 39 A cumulate or heaped fulnesse, when it overflowes the continent. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 391 Their cumulate mode of budding. 1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) xii. 621 Short sentences are prevalent in our language.. .But we can use the cumulate construction when needed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cumulatev. 1. a. transitive. To gather in a heap; to heap up; to pile up, collect, amass, accumulate. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate heapc1000 tassea1400 aggregate?a1425 grossc1440 amass1481 accumulatec1487 accumule1490 exaggerate1533 cumulate1534 compile1578 pook1587 mass1604 hilla1618 congeriate1628 agglomerate1751 pile1827 to roll up1848 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. G.3 We muste vse that langage whiche is knowen to vs, leest..we cumulatynge in greke wordes maye of very ryght be laughed to scorne. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 340/1 Let all these makers of new Gods cumilate themselues togither on a heape. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. vi. (T.) All the extremes of worth and beauty that were cumulated in Camila. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 258 Mighty Sholes of Shells..cumulated in many places heap upon heap. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 29 It is often a mistake, in controversy, to cumulate reasons, etc. b. Legal. To combine (a number of actions, defences, etc.) into one; cf. cumulation n. 3.‘A Civil Law term still used in Louisiana.’ ( N.E.D.) ΚΠ 1889 in Cent. Dict. c. intransitive. To accumulate. ΚΠ 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. v. 207 As Fledgeby's affronts cumulated. 2. a. transitive. To add over and above, to combine with something additional. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > with something additional cumulate1868 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning viii. ii. 384 Which cumulates the evill of Indignation, to the evill of suspicion. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxiv. 571 Philip..allowed him to cumulate the councillorship with the corregidorship. 1885 Sat. Rev. 28 Nov. 704 Circumstances..have cumulated the function of investigator with that of instructor or adviser. b. To combine (the entries of an index, catalogue, etc.) in successive issues. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > book list > [verb (transitive)] > combine entries in successive issues cumulate1905 1905 Readers' Guide Period. Lit. I. p. vii The monthly numbers were cumulated, and quarterly and annual volumes were issued. 1931 A. Esdaile Student's Man. Bibliogr. 301 The English Catalogue appears annually, and is ‘cumulated’ every five years. 1965 Amer. Notes & Queries Mar. 106/2 Monthly issues..will be cumulated every third month. 3. To put the crown or summit to. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > bring to or form highest point to bring to a head1603 culminate1659 cumulate1660 climax1807 pinnacle1840 peak1887 1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 30 To wicked men their table is a snare, their prosperity cumulates their misery. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 308 To cumulate all this happiness, they had this new Law against the Fanaticks. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 565 God restores to the penitent all his lost graces..and cumulates them with the fresh grace, whereby He converts him. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > excessively overchargea1325 plaster1546 cumulate1570 load1577 overglut1586 oversupply1865 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > do (something) to excess [verb (transitive)] > apply in excess overladea1387 overseta1398 overfreightc1475 overburden1532 overload1553 cumulate1570 load1577 heap1582 overcharge1616 overdose1727 overstress1889 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 6/2 Emperours, kyngs, and Princes pluckynge from their owne dyd cumulate the churche with superfluities. Derivatives ˈcumulating n. and adj. ΚΠ 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. iv. 20 The cumulating of Ceremonies in the auncient Church. 1885 Fraser's Mag. 51 5 A cumulating pile of crimes, of negligences and of blunders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1535v.1534 |
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