Amassed
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.
contemporary examples
the administration has am-ssed not just a middling or even moderately bad foreign-policy record, but an appalling one.
not just the middle east: obama foreign policy record is appalling david b. rivkin, jr., lee a. casey september 20, 2012
tyson would have s-x with his championship belt on and am-ssed a collection homemade s-x tapes.
speed read: 7 juiciest stories from mike tyson’s memoir thomas flynn november 5, 2013
before long, he had am-ssed 26 beehives, dripping with honey.
burt’s bees co-founder burt shavitz on the doc ‘burt’s buzz,’ and losing millions marlow stern september 10, 2013
within minutes, facebook groups like r.i.p. victims of boston marathon explosions am-ssed thousands of “likes.”
twitter explodes over boston bombings, but cooler voices urge restraint lauren ashburn april 16, 2013
and she has am-ssed a world-cl-ss 10,000-volume library devoted to botany through the ages.
john edwards’ sugar mama lloyd grove january 28, 2010
historical examples
he carried on a small weaving business in addition to his farm, and am-ssed a considerable sum of money.
yorkshire oddities, incidents and strange events s. baring-gould
they seized the chances for industry and commerce and am-ssed wealth.
folkways william graham sumner
he had am-ssed a large fortune and spent his later years in voluptuous ease.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 3, part 1, slice 3 various
they had am-ssed quite a little property, and bought a farm in blaisois.
the son of monte christo jules lermina
does not his whole existence depend on an am-ssed capital of knowledge?
autobiographical reminiscences with family letters and notes on music charles gounod
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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