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
The reference to the amassment of gold is very clear.
From The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem by Henry Ford
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
For the first time in my life a contempt for mere wealth, and for the position which the amassment of wealth confers, entered my heart.
From The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
