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Definition of 'amass'

English

Verb

(es)
  • 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 , , 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.

    Synonyms

    * accumulate, heap up, pile

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A mass; a heap.
  • * Thomas Pownall
  • a general idea of an amass of arms
    (Webster 1913)

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