Meanings
verbtumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)
present singular third person tumulates · participle present tumulating · participle past tumulated · past tumulated
- archaictransitiveTo swell.
But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm
1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion - transitiveTo cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.
Origin
- Latintumulātus
- Englishtumulate
From Latin tumulātus (whence -ate), from tumulāre (“cover with a mound, bury, entomb”).
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