amass
/əˈmæs/ verb C1- To collect into a mass or heap.
- to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate. · to amass a treasure or a fortune· to amass words or phrases
- To accumulate; to assemble.
He/she/it amasses · Past amassed · Past participle amassed · -ing form amassing
Verb forms
- Base form
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- He/she/it
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- Past
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- Past participle
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- -ing form
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The Ox took under his patronage the next term of life, and therefore man in his middle age is fond of work, devoted to labor, and resolute to amass wealth and to husband his resources.
His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors.”
The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage.
As soon as his engagement with the patron of La Jeune Amélie ended, he would hire a small vessel on his own account—for in his several voyages he had amassed a hundred piastres—and under some pretext land at the Island of Monte Cristo.
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