The Clue
Amassed (8 letter answer)
The Answer
GATHERED
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Notes
The answer GATHERED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
GATHER as a verb:
1. (gather, garner, collect, pull together) = assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
2. (meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather) = collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
3. (accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass) = collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
4. conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework"
5. (gather, pucker, tuck) = draw fabric together and sew it tightly
6. (assemble, gather, get together) = get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members"
7. look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall"
GATHERED as an adjective:
1. (gathered, deepened) = having accumulated or become more intense; "the deepened gloom"
2. (collected, gathered) = brought together in one place; "the collected works of Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt"