Amassment
to gather for oneself; collect as one’s own:
to amass a huge amount of money.
to collect into a mass or pile; gather:
He amassed his papers for his memoirs.
to come together; assemble:
crowds amassing for the parade.
Historical Examples
The struggle for the first nickel had been wearing and wearying, but the amassment of the second was beyond description difficult.
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verb
(transitive) to accumulate or collect (esp riches, etc)
to gather in a heap; bring together
v.
late 15c., “to heap up for oneself,” from Old French amasser, from à “to” (see ad-) + masser (see mass (n.1)). Related: Amassed; amassing.
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