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v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare. ] Collected; accumulated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 brought together into a group or crowd the accumulated letters in my office
Syn. -- assembled, collected, congregate, massed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accumulation of energy or
power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. --
An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. assimulatus, p. p. of assimulare, equiv. to assimilare. See Assimilate, v. t. ] 1. To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assimilate. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assimulatio, equiv. to assimilatio. ] Assimilation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.) An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cumulated p. pr. & vb. n. Cumulating ] [ L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See Cumber. ] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cumulation. ] The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accumulates; one who collects. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cumulatif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. “As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original.” Bacon [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence. (b) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cumulative action (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose. --
Cumulative poison, a poison the action of which is cumulative. --
Cumulative vote or
Cumulative system of voting (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See Dissemble. ] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [ Obs. ] Henryson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive.
Syn. -- dissembling, dissimulative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation. ] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who dissimulates; a dissembler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aemulari to emulate + -able. ] Capable of being emulated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate. ] Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [ Obs. ] “A most emulate pride.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emulated p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating ] To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation. ] 1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. [ 1913 Webster ]

A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.

3. imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities. [ PJC ]

[ Chivalry was ] an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation. Thomas Bulfinch (Mythology) [ PJC ]

4. (Computers) the imitation of the actions of a computer system or component, especially a processor, by means of a computer program, with the goal of predicting the behavior and performance characteristics of that system without actually manufacturing it. [ PJC ]

1996 marked the year that emulation became a mainstream design verification tool. Computer Design (editorial, 1998)

Syn. -- Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. -- Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. “Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. “Emulative zeal.” Hoole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an emulative manner; with emulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aemulator. ] One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. [ 1913 Webster ]

As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [ R. ] “Emulatory officiousness.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female emulator. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. extimulatus, exstimulatus, p. p. of extimulare, exstimulare, to goad. See Stimulate. ] To stimulate. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Things insipid, and without any extimulation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. famularis of servants. ] Domestic; familiar. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. famulatus, p. p. of famulari to serve, fr. famulus servant. ] To serve. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammula little flame, dim. fr. flamma flame. ] Of a reddish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Formulas L. Formulæ [ L., dim. of forma form, model. SeeForm, n. ] 1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Chemical formulæ consist of the abbreviations of the names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each element contained. [ 1913 Webster ]

Empirical formula (Chem.), an expression which gives the simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical formula of acetic acid is C2H4O2. --
Graphic formula,
Rational formula (Chem.), an expression of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is CH3.(C:O).OH; -- called also structural formula, constitutional formula, etc. See also the formula of Benzene nucleus, under Benzene. --
Molecular formula (Chem.), a formula indicating the supposed molecular constitution of a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce to a forula; to formulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. formulaire. See Formula. ] Stated; prescribed; ritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Formularies [ Cf. F. formulaire. ] 1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaæ, etc.; a book of precedents. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Prescribed form or model; formula. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Formulated p. pr. & vb. n. Formulating ] To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression. G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. reduced to a systematic form; reduced to a formula. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. gemmula, dim. of gemma bud. ] (Biol.) See Gemmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse. ] To accuse. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- not + stimulate. ] Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [ Obs. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate. See 1st In-, and Stimulate. ] To stimulate; to excite. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stimulation. [ 1913 Webster ]