amass

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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

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.

{v} to heap up, collect together, gather
get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
A mass; a heap
{f} hoard; pile; gather
If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it. How had he amassed his fortune? = accumulate, accrue. if you amass money, knowledge, information etc, you gradually collect a large amount of it (amasser, from masser )
amassment
{n} a heap, collection, pile or piling up
To amass
engross
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past of amass
amassed
{s} accumulated; aggregated; agglomerated
amassed
brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office"
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One who amasses
amasser
{i} accumulator, hoarder; collector
amasses
third-person singular of amass
amassing
present participle of amass
amassment
An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation
amassment
{i} accumulation; gathering
amassment
The act of amassing
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