F.
cumulation.]
The act of heaping together; a
heap. See Accumulation.Cu"mu*la*tist (k?"m?-l?-t?st), n.
One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.]
Cu"mu*la*tive (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a.
[Cf. F. cumulatif.]
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
2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force,
by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i.
e., one whose force increases as the statement
proceeds.
The argument . . . is in very truth not logical
and single, but moral and cumulative.
Trench.
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.
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.
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