accumulate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . accumulate (somewhat formal) to gradually get more and more of something over a period of time; to gradually increase in number or quantity over a period of time : I seem to have accumulated a lot of books Debts began to accumulate
Accumulate - definition of accumulate by The Free Dictionary accumulate - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"