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amass

Pronunciation: /əˈmæs/

The English word “amass” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To collect into a mass or heap.
  2. to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
  3. To accumulate; to assemble.

noun

  1. A large number of things collected or piled together.
  2. The act of amassing.

Etymology

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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