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amass

VI รวบรวม  ruab-ruam

 

amass

VT รวบรวม  สะสม  gather store up collect together ruab-ruam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMASS

v.t.[L. massa, a heap or lump; Gr. See Mass. ] 1. To collect into a heap; to gather a great quantity; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure.
2. To collect in great numbers; to add many things together; as, to amass words or phrases.

 

AMASS

n.An assemblage, heap or accumulation. [This is superseded by Mass. ]

 

AMASSED

pp. Collected in a heap, or in a great quantity or number; accumulated.

 

AMASSING

ppr. Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.

 

AMASSMENT

n.A heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMASS

A *mass ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Amassing. ]Etym: [F. ambusher, LL. amassare; L. ad + massa lump, mass. See Mass. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

AMASS

A *mass ", n. Etym: [OF. amasse, fr. ambusher. ]

 

Defn: A mass; a heap. [Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton.

 

AMASSABLE

AMASSABLE A *mass "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being amassed.

 

AMASSER

AMASSER A *mass "er, n.

 

Defn: One who amasses.

 

AMASSETTE

A `mas `sette ", n. Etym: [F. See Amass. ]

 

Defn: An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

 

AMASSMENT

A *mass "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. amassement.]

 

Defn: An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation. An amassment of imaginary conceptions. Glanvill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

amass

a mass |əˈmas əˈmæs | verb [ with obj. ] gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of valuable material or things ) over a period of time: starting from nothing he had amassed a huge fortune. [ no obj. ] archaic (of people ) gather together in a crowd or group: the soldiers were amassing from all parts of Spain. DERIVATIVES a mass er noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French amasser or medieval Latin amassare, based on Latin massa lump (see mass ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

amass

amass |əˈmas | verb [ with obj. ] gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things ) over a period of time: he amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds. [ no obj. ] archaic gather together in a crowd or group: the soldiers were amassing from all parts of Spain. DERIVATIVES amasser noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French amasser or medieval Latin amassare, based on Latin massa lump (see mass ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

amass

amass verb the squirrels have amassed a huge quantity of acorns: gather, collect, assemble; accumulate, aggregate, stockpile, store (up ), pile up, heap, cumulate, accrue, lay in /up, garner; informal stash (away ). ANTONYMS dissipate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

amass

amass verb he amassed a large fortune: gather, collect, assemble; accumulate, stockpile, pile up, heap up, rack up, run up, scrape together, store (up ), hoard, cumulate, accrue, lay in /up, garner; informal stash (away ). ANTONYMS dissipate.

 

French Dictionary

amasser

amasser v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Accumuler, entasser. : Amasser des richesses. verbe pronominal Se rassembler en grand nombre. : Les feuilles se sont amassées sur le sol. SYNONYME amonceler . Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ces fonds se sont amassés avec difficulté. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

amass

a mass /əmǽs /動詞 他動詞 〈金 知識 情報など 〉を (長期間にわたって )貯める, 蓄える (accumulate ); 集める .自動詞 ⦅古 ⦆〈人が 〉集まる, 群がる .ment 名詞