exacervation
English
Etymology
From Latin exacervō (“to heap up exceedingly”), from acervus. See ex-, and acervate.
Noun
exacervation
- (obsolete) The act of heaping up.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for exacervation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)