See Also: reptant(medicine)
reptant(dictionary)

accumulation (iou) and reptant (iou)


accumulation (iou)



accumulation noun. L15.
[Latin accumulatio(n-), formed as ACCUMULATE verb: see -ATION. Cf. Old & mod. French accumulation.]
The action of accumulating something. L15.
primitive accumulation, primitive socialist accumulation: see PRIMITIVE adjective & noun.
The process of growing in amount or number; spec. the growth of capital by the continued addition of interest. L15.
An accumulated mass; a quantity formed by successive additions. L15.
The combination of several acts or exercises into one; spec. the taking of higher and lower university degrees together. M18.

reptant (iou)



reptant adjective. Now rare. M17.
[Latin reptant- pres. ppl stem of reptare creep: see -ANT1.]
Botany & Zoology. Creeping, crawling.