AMASS

accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass

(verb) collect or gather; “Journals are accumulating in my office”; “The work keeps piling up”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

amass (third-person singular simple present amasses, present participle amassing, simple past and past participle amassed)

(transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.

(transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

Synonyms

• (collect into a mass): heap up, mound, pile, pile up, stack up; see also pile up

• (gather a great quantity of): accumulate, amound, collect, gather, hoard; see also amass

Noun

amass (plural amasses)

(obsolete) A large number of things collected or piled together.

Synonyms: mass, heap, pile

(obsolete) The act of amassing.

Anagrams

• Assam, Massa, Samas, massa, msasa

Source: Wiktionary

A*mass", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Amassing.] Etym: [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump, mass. See Mass.]

Definition: 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", n. Etym: [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.]

Definition: A mass; a heap. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition