<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.</li><li>to collect into a mass or pile; gather: He amassed his papers for his memoirs.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to come together; assemble: crowds amassing for the parade.</li></ul>