Dictionary entries for 'amassment'

Synonyms

accumulation
aggregation
assemblage
collection
congeries
cumulation
gathering
mass

a·mass (ə-măś)

[Middle English, to accumulate, from Old French amasser, to assemble, a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–), + masser, to gather together (from Latin massa, lump, mass; see mass).]

verb: a·massed, a·mass·ing, a·mass·es.

transitive verb

To gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit: amassed a fortune. See synonyms at gather
To accumulate or assemble a large quantity of: “The astronomers had amassed compelling evidence that the galaxies indeed were speeding away from the earth and from each other” (George Johnson)

intransitive verb

To come together; collect.

derivatives

a·masśa·ble: adjective
a·masśer: noun
a·masśment: noun

verb: a·massed, a·mass·ing, a·mass·es.

transitive verb

intransitive verb

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition