tumulate
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/
- (without the yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːmjʊleɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtumjəleɪt/
Verb
tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)
- (archaic, transitive) To swell.
- 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion:
- But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm
- (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.
Related terms
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
tumulate
- inflection of tumulare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
tumulate f pl
- feminine plural of tumulato
Latin
Verb
tumulāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of tumulō