[ˈkjuːmjʊleɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- gather together and combine
(e.g: the systems cumulate data over a period of years)

- attach two double bonds to the same carbon atom


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘gather in a heap’): from Latin cumulat- ‘heaped’, from the verb cumulare, from cumulus ‘a heap’. Current senses date from the early 20th century

[ˈkjuːmjʊlət], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an igneous rock formed by gravitational settling of particles in a magma
(e.g: they appear to have formed from cumulates in the root of a magma chamber)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘gather in a heap’): from Latin cumulat- ‘heaped’, from the verb cumulare, from cumulus ‘a heap’. Current senses date from the early 20th century