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a⋅mass

  [uh-mas]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
2. to collect into a mass or pile; gather: He amassed his papers for his memoirs.
–verb (used without object)
3. to come together; assemble: crowds amassing for the parade.
Origin:
1475–85; < F amasser, equiv. to a- a- 5 + masse mass + -er inf. suffix

Related forms:
a⋅mass⋅a⋅ble, adjective
a⋅mass⋅er, noun
a⋅mass⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. accumulate. 2. assemble, aggregate.
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a·mass   (ə-mās')   
v.   a·massed, a·mass·ing, a·mass·es

v.   tr.
  1. To gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit: amassed a fortune. See Synonyms at gather.
  2. To accumulate or assemble a large quantity of: "The astronomers had amassed compelling evidence that the galaxies indeed were speeding away from the earth and from each other" (George Johnson).
v.   intr.
To come together; collect.

[Middle English, to accumulate, from Old French amasser, to assemble : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + masser, to gather together (from Latin massa, lump, mass; see mass).]
a·mass'a·ble adj., a·mass'er n., a·mass'ment n.
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Amass

A*mass"\, v. 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 Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. --Pope.

Syn: To accumulate; heap up; pile.

Amass

A*mass"\, n. [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.] A mass; a heap. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : amass
Spanish: acumular,
German: anhäufen,
Japanese: ためる
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amass 
1481, "to heap up for oneself," from O.Fr. amasser, from à "to" + masser (see mass).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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