əˈmas, -aa(ə)s, -ais verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: Middle French amasser, from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + masser to gather into a mass, from masse mass — more at mass
transitive verb
1. : to collect for oneself : gather as one's own : accumulate
amassed a large fortune
2. : to collect into a mass : bring together : gather
amassing daily trifles, writing down what came into her head — Virginia Woolf
intransitive verb
: to come together : assemble
ivy … amassed in bushes above … the porch — Elizabeth Bowen
Synonyms: see accumulate