All 4 Uses of
accumulate
in
Leaves of Grass
- Sprouts take and accumulate, stand by the curb prolific and vital, Landscapes projected masculine, full-sized and golden.†
Chpt 3 *
- It is I, you women, I make my way, I am stern, acrid, large, undissuadable, but I love you, I do not hurt you any more than is necessary for you, I pour the stuff to start sons and daughters fit for these States, I press with slow rude muscle, I brace myself effectually, I listen to no entreaties, I dare not withdraw till I deposit what has so long accumulated within me.†
Chpt 4
- Collecting I traverse the garden the world, but soon I pass the gates, Now along the pond-side, now wading in a little, fearing not the wet, Now by the post-and-rail fences where the old stones thrown there, pick'd from the fields, have accumulated, (Wild-flowers and vines and weeds come up through the stones and partly cover them, beyond these I pass,) Far, far in the forest, or sauntering later in summer, before I think where I go, Solitary, smelling the earthy smell, stopping now…†
Chpt 5
- 5 Ages, precedents, have long been accumulating undirected materials, America brings builders, and brings its own styles.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(accumulate) to collect or gradually increase