amass

v., a·massed, a·mass·ing, a·mass·es.

v.tr.

1. To gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit: amassed a fortune. See synonyms at gather.
2. 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).

v.intr.

To come together; collect.

[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).]

amassable a·mass'a·ble adj.
amasser a·mass'er n.
amassment a·mass'ment n.

(Archive Management And Storage System) Tape management software for Unix from Quantum Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO www.quantum.com). Originally developed by ADIC, AMASS makes the tape library look like an infinite disk drive to the application. At the back end, it manages the robotic mechanisms that move the required tape cartridges to the available tape drives. Supporting optical libraries as well, AMASS is used when an enterprise has exceeded its disk storage and needs to migrate to long-term storage.

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To accumulate an item such as money, property, or goods. A company may stock up on a commodity now for future sale when it believes that a sharp increase in the price of the commodity will take place at a later date.

verb

To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up. See collect/distribute.

v

Definition: gather, accumulate
Antonyms: disburse, disperse, dissipate, divide, dole, scatter, spend

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IN BRIEF: To collect. To build up.

What good is it to amass wealth and lose your soul?

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - samle, dynge, ophobe

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergaren, zich opstapelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - amasser, accumuler, amonceler, réunir (une fortune)

Deutsch (German)
v. - anhäufen, sammeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συσσωρεύω, μαζεύω

Italiano (Italian)
ammassare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acumular, juntar

Русский (Russian)
собирать, накапливать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acumular, amontonar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lägga på hög, samla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
积聚, 收集

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 積聚, 收集

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 쌓다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 蓄積する, 集める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجمع, يكدس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צבר, אגר, ערם‬

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