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amass

a·mass [ ə máss ] (past and past participle a·massed, present participle a·mass·ing, 3rd person present singular a·mass·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
gather together: to bring a large quantity of things together over time
amassed a fortune in the 1950s

[15th century. < French amasser< masser "gather into a mass" < Latin massa (see mass)]

a·mass·a·ble adjective
a·mass·er noun
a·mass·ment noun

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See collect1.

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