amass

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

French amasser, Late Latin amassare, ad + massa (“‘lump, mass’”). See Mass.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ʌˈmæs/

[edit] Verb

to amass (third-person singular simple present amasses, present participle amassing, simple past and past participle amassed)

1. (transitive) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
   • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, Part II, Chapter V, p.123,

     ...he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.

[edit] Synonyms

• accumulate, heap up, pile

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aamss
• Assam
• massa