amass Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb collect or gather
gather; conglomerate; accumulate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
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

F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump, mass. See Mass.

imperfect & past participle Amassed present participle & verbal noun Amassing

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.