amasser
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
amasser (plural amassers)
- One who amasses.
- 1677, John Webster, The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, London, Chapter 4, p. 59,[1]
- [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, The Social Machine: Designs for Living Online, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Chapter 11, p. 280,[5]
- Marketers […] are among the most voracious amassers of information about what people do and say online.
- 1677, John Webster, The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, London, Chapter 4, p. 59,[1]
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who amasses
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AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
amasser
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of amasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | amasser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | amassant /a.ma.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | amassé /a.ma.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | amasse /a.mas/ |
amasses /a.mas/ |
amasse /a.mas/ |
amassons /a.ma.sɔ̃/ |
amassez /a.ma.se/ |
amassent /a.mas/ |
imperfect | amassais /a.ma.sɛ/ |
amassais /a.ma.sɛ/ |
amassait /a.ma.sɛ/ |
amassions /a.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
amassiez /a.ma.sje/ |
amassaient /a.ma.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | amassai /a.ma.se/ |
amassas /a.ma.sa/ |
amassa /a.ma.sa/ |
amassâmes /a.ma.sam/ |
amassâtes /a.ma.sat/ |
amassèrent /a.ma.sɛʁ/ | |
future | amasserai /a.ma.sʁe/ |
amasseras /a.ma.sʁa/ |
amassera /a.ma.sʁa/ |
amasserons /a.ma.sʁɔ̃/ |
amasserez /a.ma.sʁe/ |
amasseront /a.ma.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | amasserais /a.ma.sʁɛ/ |
amasserais /a.ma.sʁɛ/ |
amasserait /a.ma.sʁɛ/ |
amasserions /a.ma.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amasseriez /a.ma.sə.ʁje/ |
amasseraient /a.ma.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/ |
amasses /a.mas/ |
amasse /a.mas/ |
amassions /a.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
amassiez /a.ma.sje/ |
amassent /a.mas/ |
imperfect2 | amassasse /a.ma.sas/ |
amassasses /a.ma.sas/ |
amassât /a.ma.sa/ |
amassassions /a.ma.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
amassassiez /a.ma.sa.sje/ |
amassassent /a.ma.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | amasse /a.mas/ |
— | amassons /a.ma.sɔ̃/ |
amassez /a.ma.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 only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “amasser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
amasser
- to collect up; to get together
ConjugationEdit
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 | ||||||
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infinitive | amasser | avoir amassé | |||||
gerund | en amassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | amasse | — | amassons | amassez | — |
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- French: amasser