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tumulate

/ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/US/ˈtumjəleɪt/

tumulate verb: to swell.

Verb

tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To swell.
    • But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion
  2. (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.

tumulate meaning in Bengali

tumulate in Bengali

স্ফীত হওয়া, সমাহিত করা

Forms of tumulate

third-person singular presenttumulates
present participletumulating
past participletumulated
pasttumulated

Origin of tumulate

From Latin tumulātus (whence -ate), from tumulāre (“cover with a mound, bury, entomb”).

Words formed from tumulate

Questions about tumulate

What does tumulate mean?
Tumulate means to swell.
What is tumulate in Bengali?
Tumulate in Bengali is স্ফীত হওয়া, সমাহিত করা. See Tumulate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tumulate?
Tumulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce tumulate?
Tumulate is pronounced /ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/.
What is the past tense of tumulate?
The past tense of tumulate is tumulated.

Words near tumulate in the dictionary

  1. tumstatin
  2. tumtum
  3. tumtums
  4. tumular
  5. tumulary
  6. tumulate
  7. tumulated
  8. tumulates
  9. tumulating
  10. tumulation
  11. tumulations

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