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amass

US/əˈmæs/ rare obsolete

verb

1.

collect or gather

  • “Journals are accumulating in my office”
  • “The work keeps piling up”
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2.

get or gather together

  • “I am accumulating evidence for the man”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.

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