to amass riches

  • 1riches — n. to amass riches * * * [ rɪtʃɪz] to amass riches …

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  • 2amass — v.tr. 1 gather or heap together. 2 accumulate (esp. riches). Derivatives: amasser n. Etymology: F amasser or med.L amassare ult. f. L massa MASS(1) …

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  • 3Benedict XIII — (Pietro Francesco Orsini) 1649 1730, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1724 30. * * * orig. Pedro de Luna born с 1328, Illueca, Kingdom of Aragon died 1423, Peñíscola, in Valencia Antipope (1394–1423). A French professor of canon law, he was named a… …

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  • 4pile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. structure, building, edifice; nap; heap, mass, pyre; quantity. See assemblage. v. t. accumulate, load, amass, furnish. See greatness, covering, texture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A heap] Syn. collection …

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  • 5Byzantine economy — The Byzantine economy was among the most advanced in Europe and the Mediterranean for many centuries. Constantinople was a prime hub in a trading network that at various times extended across nearly all of Eurasia and North Africa. Some scholars… …

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  • 6hoard — I noun accumulation, acervus, aggregation, amassment, cache, collection, copia, cumulation, fund, heap, mass, repository, reserves, riches, saving, stack, stock, stockpile, store, supply, treasure II verb accrue, accumulate, acquire, agglomerate …

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  • 7hoard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. collection, store, reserve, stock, supply, savings. v. save, preserve, retain, store, amass; treasure; hide; accumulate, collect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. riches, treasure, cache; see wealth 1 . v. Syn …

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  • 8Tang Dynasty — For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). Tang 唐 ← …

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  • 9china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 10China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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