amass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb collect or gather
    gather; conglomerate; accumulate; cumulate; pile up.
    • Journals are accumulating in my office
    • The work keeps piling up
  2. verb get or gather together
    roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
    • 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

WordNet


A*mass" transitive verb
Etymology
F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump, mass. See Mass.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Amassed present participle & verbal noun Amassing
Definitions
  1. 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.
    The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. Pope.
    Syn. -- To accumulate; heap up; pile.
A*mass" noun
Etymology
OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.
Definitions
  1. A mass; a heap. Obs. Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1913