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Webster 1913 Edition

Amass

A-mass′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Amassed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Amassing
.]
[F.
ambusher
, LL. amassare; L.
ad
+
massa
lump, mass. See
Mass
.]
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.
The life of Homer has been written by
amassing
all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with.
Pope.
Syn. – To accumulate; heap up; pile.

A-mass′

,
Noun.
[OF.
amasse
, fr.
ambusher
.]
A mass; a heap.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amass

AM'ASS

,
Verb.
T.
[L. massa, a heap or lump; Gr. See mass.]
1.
To collect into a heap; to gather a great quantity; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure.
2.
To collect in great numbers; to add many things together; as, to amass words or phrases.

AM'ASS

,
Noun.
An assemblage, heap or accumulation. [This is superseded by Mass.]

Definition 2024

amass

amass

English

Verb

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.
    to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases
    • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, Part II, Chapter V, page 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.

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Noun

amass ‎(plural amasses)

  1. (obsolete) A mass; a heap.
    • Thomas Pownall
      a general idea of an amass of arms
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)

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Etymology

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

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