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Definition of Amass
1. Verb. Collect or gather. "The crowds amass in the streets"; "The work keeps piling up"
Generic synonyms: Increase
Specialized synonyms: Backlog, Accrete, Drift
Derivative terms: Accumulation, Accumulative, Accumulative, Conglomeration, Conglomeration, Cumulation, Cumulative, Cumulus, Gathering
2. Verb. Get or gather together. "They amass the money in the closet"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
Specialized synonyms: Run Up, Corral, Collect, Pull In, Come Up, Scrape, Scrape Up, Scratch, Chunk, Lump, Bale, Catch, Fund, Fund
Generic synonyms: Hive Away, Lay In, Put In, Salt Away, Stack Away, Stash Away, Store
Derivative terms: Accumulation, Accumulation, Accumulative, Accumulative, Collecting, Collection, Compilation, Compilation
Definition of Amass
1. v. t. 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.
2. n. A mass; a heap.
Definition of Amass
1. Verb. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amass
1. to gather [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: gather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amass
| amarna amaro amaroid amaroidal amarone amarones amarum amaryllidaceous amaryllideous amaryllis | amaryllis family amaryllises amas amasake amasi amasthenic amastia amastigote amastigotes amasumo | amate |
Literary usage of Amass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1839)
"That prince, who had marched into Persia, in order to amass treasures there,
attempts to plunder a rich temple in Elymais, but is shamefully repulsed. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1824)
"... thou did'st explore amass'd the treasured deeds of every clime ; Pierced
through the gloom that shades the urn of time ; And to a world, ungenerous and ..."
3. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike (1874)
"If we but eat and drink and sleep, and let everything go on around us as it
pleases; or if we live but to amass wealth or gain office or wear titles, ..."
4. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... bashful-eyed amass'd Can vie with all those moods of Tarring Look through the
golden tresses here and there. ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"The superior officials are Spaniards, whose eagerness to amass wealth and return
to Spain is the cause of much corruption and oppression. ..."
6. Aviation Accident Investigations: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce edited by John McCain (1999)
"amass, which is a system integrated into the new ASDE-3 ground radar system, ...
amass would have provided the means to prevent accidents similar to the ..."
7. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Division by John Daggett, Amelia Daggett Shellfield (1894)
"Mr. Alger has clearly demonstrated the fact that in "sterile New England " a
farmer can not only make an excellent living, but even amass, a competence from ..."
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