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amass

verb
/əˈmæs/US

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.

  1. derived from amassāre
  2. derived from amasser
  3. inherited from *amassen✻

Definitions

  1. To collect into a mass or heap.

  2. to gather a great quantity of

    to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

    • 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.

  3. To accumulate

    To accumulate; to assemble.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A large number of things collected or piled together.

    2. The act of amassing.

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Derived

amassable, amasser, amassment, reamass

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at amass. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01amass02heap03laid04ribbed05seam06suture07separate08mass09collect

A definitional loop anchored at amass. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at amass

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA