Amassed
[ə'mæs]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Amass
Editor: Lora
Examples
- The canton of Berne is the single republic in Europe which has amassed any considerable treasure. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If it has amassed a treasure, it may lend a part of that treasure, either to foreign states, or to its own subjects. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Year after year he quietly and modestly amassed money, and when at length that snug and complete bachelor's residence at No. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Is it not thus that fire is amassed, and makes the greatest part of the substance of combustible bodies? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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