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Definition of Amassing
1. amass [v] - See also: amass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amassing
| amarum amaryllidaceous amaryllideous amaryllis amaryllis family amaryllises amas amasake amasi amasthenic | amastia amastigote amastigotes amasumo amate amated amates amateur amateur hour amateur hours | amateur night |
Literary usage of Amassing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Preacher by Austin Dickinson (1853)
"FOLLY OF amassing WEALTH FOR CHILDREN. " Yea, I hated all my labor which I had
taken under the aun; because I should leave it unto the man that shall be ..."
2. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the by William Robertson (1809)
"... whose enmity to France rendered him indefatigable, were employed night and
day in repairing the fortifications, in amassing provisions, in collecting ..."
3. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"One section is miscellaneous : about the object of amassing property lawfully
produced, or derived from (fr6^6 min) what is legally property; the production ..."
4. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"Indeed, the pope did not cease amassing money, as well at his own court as in
distant countries, making the Preachers and Minorites, although unwillingly, ..."
5. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... as hopeful prospects of amassing a competence for an easy and independent old
age. Great as is the army of women who enrolled themselves in the ranks of ..."
6. New Letters of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle (1904)
"If their Corn- law Repeal were granted them, they would just go on as they had
done; amassing money, fulfilling their desires, their appetites and whims; ..."
7. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1823)
"... it is not the miser who is continually amassing \u-;ut¡¡, that can be considered
as the greatest ornaments or the greatest blessings to human society ..."
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