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cu·mu·la·tive /'kyü-myə-lə-tiv, -ˌlā-/ adj1: increasing by successive additions2: tending to prove the same pointcumulative testimony3: following in time
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(increasing) adjective
accruing, accumulative, added together, additional, additive, additory, advancing, becoming greater, becoming larger, broadening, continually increasing, enlarging, ever-widening, expanding, flourishing, growing, growing by successive additions, incremental, lengthening, multiplying, on the increase, piling up, strengthening, successively gaining in force, successively waxing in force, swelling, thriving, widening
associated concepts: cumulative criminal acts, cumulative sentences, cumulative voting
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(intensifying) adjective
accelerating, aggravative, amplifying, augmentative, becoming more intense, boosting, concentrating, deepening, enhancing, escalating, exaggerating, extending, heightening, intensive, magnifying, maximizing, multiplying, quickening, sharpening, strengthening
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collective, consecutive
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Increasing with new additions; piling up.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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