massare

massare [LL=to chew, eat] 1 to chew, eat. massat opes aliis, devorat orcus eum Garl. Tri. Eccl. 88. 2 to amass, collect, pile up. s1309 tanta frigiditas et gelu fuerat ~ata et congregata in Thamisia Ann. Lond. 158. 3 to build or base solidly: a (artefact); b (fig., person). a ecclesiam ‥ crucibus aureis ~atis et argenteis ‥ exornavit Gir. Rem. 27 p. 47.  b clerici a fundamento ~ati, in literatura sc. et artibus sufficienter instructi et inde ‥ sensim ad scientias alias profecti Gir. GE II 37 p. 349.