Both Uses
cumulative
in
Self-Reliance, by Emerson
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- The force of character is cumulative.†
*cumulative = increased by a series of additions
- [249] Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession†
Definitions:
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(1)
(cumulative) increased by a series of additions over time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)