tumulate
English
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edittumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)
- (archaic, transitive) To swell.
- 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:
- But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm
- (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.
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editItalian
editEtymology 1
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edittumulate
- inflection of tumulare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
edittumulate f pl
Latin
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edittumulāte