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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lump  \Lump\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lumped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lumping}.] 
  1.  To  throw  into  a  mass;  to  unite  in  a  body  or  sum  without 
  distinction  of  particulars. 
 
  The  expenses  ought  to  be  lumped  together.  --Ayliffe. 
 
  2.  To  take  in  the  gross;  to  speak  of  collectively. 
 
  Not  forgetting  all  others  .  .  .  whom  for  brevity, 
  but  out  of  no  resentment  you  I  lump  all  together. 
  --Sterne. 
 
  3.  To  get  along  with  as  one  can,  although  displeased;  as  if 
  he  does  n't  like  it  he  can  lump  it  [Law] 




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