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Webster 1913 Edition


Tumulate

Tu′mu-late

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
tumulatus
, p. p. of
tumulare
to tumulate. See
Tumulus
.]
To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury.
[Obs.]

Tu′mu-late

,
Verb.
I.
To swell.
[Obs.]
Wilkins.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tumulate

TU'MULATE

,
Verb.
I.
To swell. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


tumulate

tumulate

English

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, transitive) To swell.
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  2. To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.

Related terms


Italian

Verb

tumulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of tumulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of tumulare
  3. feminine plural of tumulato

Latin

Verb

tumulāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of tumulō