Amassing
[ə'mæsiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amass
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mere amassing of information apart from the direct interests of life makes mind wooden; elasticity disappears. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What now avails all my toil and labour in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot live to enjoy? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Editor: Lyle