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  • 31rake — I. n. Libertine, debauchee, man of pleasure roué. II. v. a. 1. Gather, collect, draw together, heap together, gather together, scrape together, rake up, heap up, scrape over. 2. Scour, search closely, ransack. 3. Enfilade. III. v. n. 1. Search,… …

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  • 32Accumulate — Ac*cu mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accumulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accumulating}.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See {Cumulate}.] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to… …

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  • 33Accumulated — Accumulate Ac*cu mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accumulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accumulating}.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See {Cumulate}.] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass;… …

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  • 34Accumulating — Accumulate Ac*cu mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accumulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accumulating}.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See {Cumulate}.] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass;… …

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  • 35congestion — Presence of an abnormal amount of fluid in the vessels or passages of a part or organ; especially, of blood due either to increased influx or to an obstruction to outflow. SEE ALSO: hyperemia. [L. congestio, a bringing together, a heap, fr. con… …

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  • 36accumulate — [v] gather or amass something accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up*, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap… …

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  • 37huddle — (v.) 1570s, to heap or crowd together, probably from Low Ger. hudern to cover, to shelter, from M.L.G. huden to cover up, from P.Gmc. *hud (see HIDE (Cf. hide) (v.)). Cf. also M.E. hoderen heap together, huddle (c.1300). Related: Huddled;… …

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  • 38con|glom|er|ate — «adjective, noun. kuhn GLOM uhr iht; verb. kuhn GLOM uh rayt», adjective, noun, verb, at|ed, at|ing. –adj. 1. gathered into a rounded mass; clustered. 2. Figurative. made up of various parts or materials gathered into a mass: »Any President who… …

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  • 39ag|glom|er|ate — «verb. uh GLOM uh rayt; noun, adjective. uh GLOM uhr iht, uh rayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing, noun, adjective. –v.t., v.i. to gather together in a mass; cluster or heap together; gather; amass. SYNONYM(S): accumulate, collect. –n. 1. a loose or rough… …

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  • 40con|gest — «verb. kuhn JEHST; noun. KON jehst», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to fill too full; overcrowd: »Main Street is congested with the traffic of people driving to work each morning. Department stores are often congested before Christmas. 2. to cause too much …

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