What does "amass" mean?

Amass: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A mass; a heap. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

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