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cumulative

cu.mu.la.tive \'kyu:-my*-l*t-iv, -.la-t-\ aj 1: increasing by successive 
   additions  2a: tending to prove the same point {~ evidence}  2b: additional 
   rather than repeated {~ legacy}  3a: taking effect upon completion of 
   another sentence {~ sentence)> 3b: increasing in severity with repetition 
   of the offense {~ penal ty} 4: to be added if not paid when due to the next 
   or a future payment {@ dividends} 5: formed by the addition of new material 
   of the same kind {~ book  index} - cu.mu.la.tive.ly av