The accumulative effect of his injuries forced him to retire.
the accumulative effect of all her worries was to seriously undermine her health
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First Known Use: 1641
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeargradual, step-by-step, stepwise;
accruable, accrued, aggregated, amassed, built-up, compiled, conglomerated;
: growing or increasing over time
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