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amasser

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Etymology

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From amass +‎ -er.

Noun

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amasser (plural amassers)

  1. One who amasses.
    • 1677, John Webster, chapter 4, in The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft‎[1], London, page 59:
      [He] was a man of prodigious pride and vain-glory, which led him […] into no small errours, being a great Amasser of strange and incredible stories, led to relate them by his meer ambition of hunting after fame and the reputation of an universal Scholar.
    • 1821, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk, London: John Warren, Essay 11, “On Thought and Action,” p. 260,[2]
      The amassers of fortunes seem divided into two opposite classes, lean, penurious-looking mortals, or jolly fellows who are determined to get possession of, because they want to enjoy the good things of the world.
    • 1941, Cole Porter, “Pets,” lyrics written for the Broadway musical Let’s Face It! cited in Robert Kimball (ed.), The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter, New York: Da Capo, 1992, p. 309,[3]
      Some folks collect paintings,
      Some folks collect stamps,
      Some are amassers
      Of antimacassars
      And other Victorian camps.
    • 1944, George Weller, Bases Overseas, excerpt published in Anthony Weller (ed.), Weller’s War, New York: Crown, 2009, p. 488,[4]
      The first act of the Japanese army on arriving at a new island is to go fishing and start a garden. The first act of the Americans is to buy something from the natives. The American is an amasser.
    • 2014, Judith Donath, chapter 11, in The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online,‎[5], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, page 280:
      Marketers […] are among the most voracious amassers of information about what people do and say online.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French amasser. By surface analysis, a- +‎ masse +‎ -er.

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Verb

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amasser

  1. (transitive) to amass; to gather up
  2. (pronominal) to accumulate, to build up
  3. (pronominal, Louisiana) to huddle

Conjugation

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Conjugation of amasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple amasser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple amassant
/a.ma.sɑ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle amassé
/a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present amasse
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		amasses
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		amasse
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		amassons
/a.ma.sɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sɔ̃/ 		amassez
/a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/ 		amassent
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/
imperfect amassais
/a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ 		amassais
/a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ 		amassait
/a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/ 		amassions
/a.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sjɔ̃/ 		amassiez
/a.ma.sje/ or /a.mɑ.sje/ 		amassaient
/a.ma.sɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛ/
past historic2 amassai
/a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/ 		amassas
/a.ma.sa/ or /a.mɑ.sa/ 		amassa
/a.ma.sa/ or /a.mɑ.sa/ 		amassâmes
/a.ma.sam/ or /a.mɑ.sam/ 		amassâtes
/a.ma.sat/ or /a.mɑ.sat/ 		amassèrent
/a.ma.sɛʁ/ or /a.mɑ.sɛʁ/
future amasserai
/a.ma.sʁe/ or /a.mɑ.sʁe/ 		amasseras
/a.ma.sʁa/ or /a.mɑ.sʁa/ 		amassera
/a.ma.sʁa/ or /a.mɑ.sʁa/ 		amasserons
/a.ma.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɔ̃/ 		amasserez
/a.ma.sʁe/ or /a.mɑ.sʁe/ 		amasseront
/a.ma.sʁɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional amasserais
/a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/ 		amasserais
/a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/ 		amasserait
/a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/ 		amasserions
/a.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		amasseriez
/a.ma.sə.ʁje/ or /a.mɑ.sə.ʁje/ 		amasseraient
/a.ma.sʁɛ/ or /a.mɑ.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present amasse
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		amasses
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		amasse
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		amassions
/a.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sjɔ̃/ 		amassiez
/a.ma.sje/ or /a.mɑ.sje/ 		amassent
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/
imperfect2 amassasse
/a.ma.sas/ or /a.mɑ.sas/ 		amassasses
/a.ma.sas/ or /a.mɑ.sas/ 		amassât
/a.ma.sa/ or /a.mɑ.sa/ 		amassassions
/a.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		amassassiez
/a.ma.sa.sje/ or /a.mɑ.sa.sje/ 		amassassent
/a.ma.sas/ or /a.mɑ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — amasse
/a.mas/ or /a.mɑs/ 		— amassons
/a.ma.sɔ̃/ or /a.mɑ.sɔ̃/ 		amassez
/a.ma.se/ or /a.mɑ.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Verb

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amasser

  1. to collect up; to get together
    • 1260–1267, Brunetto Latini, “Cist premiers livres parole de la naissance de toutes choses [This first book talks about the birth of all things]” (chapter 1), Livre I - Premiere partie, in Livres dou Tresor [Book of Treasures]; republished as Polycarpe Chabaille, compiler, Li livres dou tresor par Brunetto Latini‎[6], Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1863, page 1:
      si come li sires qui vuet en petit leu amasser choses de grandisme vaillance […] por acroistre son pooir […] i met il les plus chieres choses et les plus precieux joiaus que il puet, selonc sa bone entencion, tout autressi est li cors de cest livre compilez de sapience
      Just like the lord, who wishes to accumulate very valuable things in a tiny place […] in order to increase his power, […] puts there—according to his good intention—the dearest things and the most precious jewels he can, so the body of this book is filled with knowledge

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of amasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive amasser avoir amassé
gerund en amassant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle amassant
past participle amassé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present amas amasses amasse amassons amassez amassent
imperfect amassoie, amasseie, amassoe, amasseve amassoies, amasseies, amassoes, amasseves amassoit, amasseit, amassot, amasseve amassiiens, amassiens amassiiez, amassiez amassoient, amasseient, amassoent, amassevent
preterite amassai amassas amassa amassames amassastes amasserent
future amasserai amasseras amassera amasserons amasseroiz, amassereiz, amasserez amasseront
conditional amasseroie, amassereie amasseroies, amassereies amasseroit, amassereit amasseriiens, amasseriens amasseriiez, amasseriez amasseroient, amassereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present amas amas amast amassons amassez amassent
imperfect amassasse amassasses amassast amassissons, amassissiens amassissoiz, amassissez, amassissiez amassassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— amasse — amassons amassez —

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  • French: amasser
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