different between cumulate vs cumulative

English

Etymology

Latin cumulatus, past participle of cumulo (“to pile up”).

Verb

cumulate (third-person singular simple present cumulates, present participle cumulating, simple past and past participle cumulated)

1. (transitive) To accumulate; to amass.
2. (intransitive) To be accumulated.

Synonyms

• (accumulate): amass, heap up; see also Thesaurus:pile up
• (be accumulated):

Translations

Adjective

cumulate (comparative more cumulate, superlative most cumulate)

1. accumulated, agglomerated, amassed

Translations

Noun

cumulate (plural cumulates)

1. (geology) An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating.

Italian

Verb

cumulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of cumulare
2. second-person plural imperative of cumulare
3. feminine plural of cumulato

Latin

Verb

cumul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cumul?

References

• cumulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cumulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cumulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From cumulate +? -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?mj?l?t?v/, /?kju?mj??le?t?v/

Adjective

cumulative (comparative more cumulative, superlative most cumulative)

1. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
2. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
   • 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The argument […] is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative.

   1. (linguistics) Adding one statement to another.

3. That tends to accumulate.
4. (finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
5. (law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.

Derived terms

• cume

Related terms

• cumulate

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.my.la.tiv/

Adjective

cumulative

1. feminine singular of cumulatif

Italian

Adjective

cumulative

1. feminine plural of cumulativo