Amassment
to gather for oneself; collect as one’s own:
to am-ss a huge amount of money.
to collect into a m-ss or pile; gather:
he am-ssed his papers for his memoirs.
to come together; -ssemble:
crowds am-ssing for the parade.
historical examples
the struggle for the first nickel had been wearing and wearying, but the am-ssment of the second was beyond description difficult.
americans all various
verb
(transitive) to acc-mulate or collect (esp riches, etc)
to gather in a heap; bring together
v.
late 15c., “to heap up for oneself,” from old french am-sser, from à “to” (see ad-) + m-sser (see m-ss (n.1)). related: am-ssed; am-ssing.
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