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mass verb2. [mas] M16.
[Old & mod. French masser, from masse MASS noun2.]
verb trans. Form or gather into a mass; bring together in masses; esp. concentrate (troops etc.) in a particular place. Also (now rare) foll. by up. M16.
J. Ruskin But all these virtues mass themselves in the Greek mind into the two main ones. Boston Sunday Herald A nationwide movement designed to mass anti-war support.
verb intrans. Collect, assemble, or come together in masses. M19.
Day Lewis The compulsive force of waters that have stealthily massed behind a dam. A. Bullock The German forces were massing for the invasion of the United Kingdom.