ăcervo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [acervus], to form a heap, to heap or pile up, to amass (rare, not in Cic.; per. not before the Aug. period).
I Prop.: jam pigritiā singulos sepeliendi promiscue acervatos cumulos hominum urebant, Liv. 5, 48, 3: aggerem, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216: panicum praedensis acervatur granis, Plin. 18, 7, 10, 53: acervantur muricum modo, they gather or collect together , id. 32, 9, 31, 95.—
II Trop., to accumulate , to multiply : leges, Liv. 3, 34; Quint. 9, 3, 47; Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21; 36, 15, 24, § 101 al.