cumulate

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During sleep, brain cells produce bursts of electrical pulses that cumulate into rhythmic waves -- a sign of heightened brain cell function.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

Peters, B. J., Day, J. M. D. & Taylor, L. A. Early mantle heterogeneities in the Réunion hotspot source inferred from highly siderophile elements in cumulate xenoliths.

From Nature • Feb. 27, 2018

The elector is given as many votes as there are members to be elected, which he may cumulate upon any one or distribute among several candidates.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.

These cumulate rather than change: they become reptiles without ceasing to be fishes, if I may so express it; they develop lungs as they grow up, and yet keep their gills.

From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean

Sir Charles labored only to heap up the evidences of evolution; to cumulate them till the mass became irresistible.

From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry