amass
verb (used with object)
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own.
amassment
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a word derived from
amass.
Example Sentences
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The Bongos' amassment of wealth - and its secretion in Paris - was no doubt legendary.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
Taken one film at a time, star amassment is nothing new.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
But the business of science has this advantage over every other enterprise, that from its amassment of wealth no one suffers the least loss.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
The reference to the amassment of gold is very clear.
From The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem by Henry Ford
Callender's very limited powers of ridicule and exposure reside largely in his amassment of material, not in his ability to arrange and synthesize that material.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
