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forgather

[ fawr-gath-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to gather together; convene; assemble.
  2. to encounter someone, especially by chance.


forgather

/ ɔːˈɡæðə /

verb

  1. a variant spelling of foregather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of forgather1

First recorded in 1505–15; for- + gather
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I was led away to a smaller drawing room within the palace where about 20 or so other writers had been forgathered in a loose ring, backs to the damask walls.

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Who would have thought when we exchanged commonplaces on that boat a short time ago we should forgather like this in a lovely old Surrey house?

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Here the fenland folk forgathered with them, for the Norman was a more thoroughgoing oppressor than any Dane; and, in especial, the "strenuous" outlaw Hereward "the Wake" joined them "with his gang."

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"Any idea of the rendezvous?" asked Jack Sefton, one of the midshipmen, as the lads forgathered in the gun-room to "stand easy", almost for the first time since commissioning.

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About an hour after that the two guards forgathered to compare notes.

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