"tumulate" meaning in English

See tumulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈtjuːmjʊleɪt/ [UK], /ˈtʃuːmjʊleɪt/ [UK] (note: yod-coalescence), /ˈtumjəleɪt/ [US] Forms: tumulates [present, singular, third-person], tumulating [participle, present], tumulated [participle, past], tumulated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To swell. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-tumulate-en-verb-w3djhLHU
  2. (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tumulate-en-verb-omOclgPf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tumor, tumour, tumulus

Inflected forms

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