Ac*cum"bent (-bent), a. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating.
Arbuthnot.
2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray.
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle.
Eaton.
Ac*cum"bent, n. One who reclines at table.
Ac*cum"ber (-br), v. t. To encumber. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ac*cu"mu*late (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accumulated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate.] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.
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Ac*cu"mu*late (k*k"m*lt), v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
Goldsmith.
Ac*cu"mu*late (-lt), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.] Collected; accumulated. Bacon.
Ac*cu`mu*la"tion (&?;), n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F. accumulation.] 1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.