单词 | amass |
释义 | amassn. Now rare. A large amount, number, or quantity of a thing or things; a mass; a collection; a heap.In 1592: a massing of military forces. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > levying or mobilizing hosting1422 levying1496 amass1567 uptakinga1578 levya1616 array1640 colonelling1663 mobilification1794 levy in mass1807 levée en masse1813 arrayal1818 mobilization1848 call-out1882 mobilizing1901 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > an accumulation accumulation1490 amass1567 compile1595 compilement1655 collection1697 lodgement1739 cumulation1892 pile-up1937 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 290v Delites, ambicions, couetousnes, & superfluities of all vices, whiche we finde in this confused amasse & corrupte worlde [Fr. amas confus de la troupe mondaine]. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 120 At Eureux then I made my chiefe amasse, And found I had full seauen hundred speares. 1603 S. Daniel Def. Ryme in Panegyrike (new ed.) sig. H2v This great amasse of eloquence. 1734 J. Eames in Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 246 An Amass of Heterogeneous Parts diffused in the Æther. ?1854 C. N. McFarren tr. in A. H. Wehrhan & C. N. McFarren tr. A. B. Marx Music 19th Cent. xii. 285 Every higher impulse..is swamped and annihilated in an amass of vanity. 1973 Internat. Seminar on Technol. Transfer, Seminar Papers I. 5-2 Unesco has borne in mind that the nineteenth century image of technology viewed primarily as an amass of machines, tools and industrial installations, is now obsolete. 2002 G. Toledo Hanging of Old Brown p. vii An amass of rocks and stones piled into a three-foot parapet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). amassv. 1. a. transitive. To gather or collect together (an immaterial thing or things). ΚΠ 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 54 Hit is grete Rychesse to a man whan that honorably may amasse [Fr. amasser] and bringe his dayes vnto the degre of old aage. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) iii. iii. §4 This last lesson, in which hee amasses and gathers all his former Doctrine. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §6. 50 With what severity of judgment, has Virgil amassed all these circumstances. 1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 124 What power does Nature not owe to her duration of amassing infinitesimals into cosmical forces! 1956 Twentieth Cent. Oct. 312 For centuries, men have amassed ideas about God. 2010 T. Ó'Carragáin Churches in Early Medieval Ireland 7/1 Amassing information will not itself illuminate very much. b. transitive. To gather or collect together (material things) into a mass or masses; to heap together, pile up. Also: to build or form (something) by gathering materials. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate heapc1000 tassea1400 aggregate?a1425 grossc1440 amass1481 accumulatec1487 accumule1490 exaggerate1533 cumulate1534 compile1578 pook1587 mass1604 hilla1618 congeriate1628 agglomerate1751 pile1827 to roll up1848 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xxvii. sig. h7v The moisture that is in thayer brought vp, is drawen to be frorn, and it is in thayer assembled and amassed. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 83 The water, with which the other elements are amassed [It. s'ammassarono]. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 177 They are amass'd into Balls, Lumps, or Nodules. 1775 R. Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 256 [Ice] by being collected and amassed into a large body is thus preserved. 1870 G. Musgrave Ramble into Brittany II. ii. 91 The Museum..vies with the best in France..as regards the multiplication of objects amassed. 1922 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 33 492 The most prominent marginal moraines were amassed at times of pause. 1952 M. Laski Village i. 11 The schoolmaster, had touched off the bonfire that the children had been amassing all day. 2011 D. Ribatti & E. Crivellato Mast Cells & Tumours ii. 22 If all human tissue M[ast] C[ell]s were amassed together in a single organ, it would equal the size of a normal spleen. c. transitive. To gather or assemble (people). Also: to gather or concentrate (troops, etc.) in a particular place or formation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals) gathera975 samOE flockc1275 assemble1297 ensemblea1300 sanka1300 semblea1325 applyc1384 minga1400 resemble1477 suma1500 congregatea1513 amass1573 troopa1592 convene1596 to scum together1596 conventicle1597 rally1603 entroop1609 rustle1883 1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 236 That the said Archibald..sall not amas his men in musteris. 1617 G. Carew Let. (1860) 85 The King of Denmark is amassinge a great fleet. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 415 Why they had amassed such Swarms of the People. 1745 H. Walpole Let. 25 June in Corr. (1941) IX. 15 Lady Granville, and the Dowager Strafford have their at-homes, and amass company. 1858 Narr. Indian Revolt from Outbreak to Capture of Lucknow xxxi. 356/1 Having amassed his troops together in advance, he despatched Sir James Outram. 1934 E. F. Dummeier & R. B. Heflebower Econ. with Applic. Agric. xv. 352 These additional laborers..amass a group of potential strike breakers, and prepare the way for the breaking of the union's power. 1974 R. Naroll et al. Mil. Deterrence in Hist. viii. 115 This time Michael Lachanodracon had amassed a large army at the frontier. 2002 N.Y. Times 22 Sept. iv. 4/4 Military commanders say it would take at least 90 days to amass 80,000 to 100,000 troops in the Persian Gulf region. 2. transitive. To accumulate (wealth or other advantageous resources) for oneself. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > collect and store amass1481 accumulatec1487 uphoard1582 harvest1888 stockpile1943 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > accumulate or get a large amount of heapc1000 amass1481 accumulatec1487 exaggerate1533 pilec1540 gathera1593 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. iv. sig. b.2v Peple that will suffre payne and trauaylle..for to amasse grete tresours. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 94 The heire shall waste the whourlded gold amassed with muche payne. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §5. 205 He had congested and amassed together such infinite monies. 1712 J. Hughes Spectator No. 554. ⁋4 [He] had amassed to himself such stores of knowledge. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton iv. 44 He has been able to amass a fortune. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 27/2 War has become inevitable because of the weaponry which both sides are amassing. 2010 S. Ryan in M. O'Neill & M. Hatt Edwardian Sense 54 At least five individuals worked actively as pageant masters.., with some amassing fame and fortune in the process. 3. intransitive. To gather, collect, or assemble together in a mass or masses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] musterc1560 amass1572 accumulate1613 piece1622 rally1647 rendezvous1662 herd1704 collect1794 congest1859 mass1861 1572 O. King in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) X. 276 The soldiers were amassing from all parts of Spain. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. ix. i. §iv. 152 His principal design was..to make himself master of the immense treasures, which had been for many ages amassing in the temple of Delphos. 1881 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 181 Billowing skies that scatter and amass. 1940 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 17 Oct. in War Diaries (2001) 116 Evidence is amassing from wireless intercepts of impending invasion of some kind or other. 2009 Time Out N.Y. 12 Mar. 13/3 Fresh-faced coeds amass to slurp swilly beer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasamass a. by the mass: expressing asseveration, or as an oath. Also English regional (Cumberland): amass. Also simply mass! (as int.). (In some dramatic uses perhaps indicative of the speaker's rusticity or ignorance.) Now archaic.Amass may represent on mass with a for on (see a prep.1; cf. on prep. 1e). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to mass by the massc1404 by the mattea1556 by (the) mackins!?1577 mack!?1577 mass!?1592 by the maskins!1611 c1404 Confession Abbot Beeleigh in Misc. Exchequer (P.R.O.: E 163/6/28) m. 12 He..swor be tweyne masses þat..he parted fro kyng Richard. c1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess 928 By the masse I durste swere..That ther was never yet..Man ne woman gretly harmed. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Giv By the messe I shall cleue thy heed to the waste. ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 11 Masse, and I will looke to be served of the beste. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D3 Mas the foole sayes true. a1679 R. Boyle Mr. Anthony (1690) III. 23 By the Mass, I like not that Expression. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 41 So, so, enough Father—Mess, I'd rather kiss these Gentlewomen. 1723 S. Centlivre Artifice iv. ii. 60 Sam. Is not your Name Crumplin? Fain. Ay, marry, is it; be mess, I shou'd know yow too! 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 14 Oh, a British Child, by the Mess. 1816 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 350 By the mass, I look back with..much longing to her bounteous establishment. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. ii. 41 Mass! I had forgot. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxi. 264 By the mass ye may not question it! 1991 Past & Present 56 It is clear that what excited Pickering's ire..were oaths smacking of Catholicism: ‘by the mass’, ‘by our Lady’ and so on. < n.1567v.1477 as lemmas |
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