1. (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument; a cumulative exam\; i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.
2. (a.) Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
3. (a.) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
4. (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.