All 4 Uses of
accumulate
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Franz lowered a torch, and saw by the mass of cinders that had accumulated that he was not the first to discover this retreat, which was, doubtless, one of the halting-places of the wandering visitors of Monte Cristo.†
Chpt 31-32 *
- "I forgot to mention to you," said the count, "that I lay yearly aside a certain sum for each servant in my establishment; those whom I am compelled to dismiss lose (as a matter of course) all participation in this money, while their portion goes to the fund accumulating for those domestics who remain with me, and among whom it will be divided at my death.†
Chpt 45-46
- You have been in my service a year, your fund has already begun to accumulate—let it continue to do so.†
Chpt 45-46
- "It has been in the family a very long while," returned Monte Cristo, "a sort of treasure expressly forbidden to be touched for a certain period of years, during which the accumulated interest has doubled the capital.†
Chpt 45-46
Definition:
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(accumulate) to collect or gradually increase