mass

mitto (Latin)

I announce, tell, report, send word, advise. I attend, guide, escort. I dismiss, disregard. I let or bring out, put or send forth, send out, emit; let blood, bleed; utter a sound, speak, say. I put an end to. I put out, extend, reach out (my hand). I send, cause to go, let go, release, discharge. I throw, hurl, cast, launch, send; throw down, sprinkle. I yield, furnish, produce, export.

missus (Latin)

missa (Late Latin)

*messa (Vulgar Latin)

mæsse (Old English)

Mass (mostly in Roman Catholic churches).

masse (Middle English)

mass (English)

(intransitive) To have a certain mass.. (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble. (bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.. (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.. (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.. (obsolete) Precious metal, [...]