Cumulative

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.

II. Cumulative ·adj Given by same testator to the same legatee;

— said of a legacy.

III. Cumulative ·adj Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered;

— said of evidence.

IV. Cumulative ·adj Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, ·i.e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.