Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amass \A*mass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amassed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Amassing}.] [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump,
mass. See {Mass}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amass \A*mass"\, n. [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher.]
A mass; a heap. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amass
v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: {accumulate}, {cumulate},
{conglomerate}, {pile up}, {gather}]
2: get together [syn: {collect}, {accumulate}, {pile up}, {compile},
{hoard}]
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