accum

n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reclines at table. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To encumber. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]