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forgather

[ fawr-gath -er ]

/ fɔrˈgæð ər /

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verb (used without object)

to gather together; convene; assemble.

to encounter someone, especially by chance.

Also foregather.

Origin of forgather

First recorded in 1505–15; for- + gather

Words nearby forgather

forfend, forfex, forficate, forfochen, forgat, forgather, forgave, forge, forge welding, forgery, forget

Example sentences from the Web for forgather

On the 17th of January we should forgather in Constantinople.

Greenmantle |John Buchan
On the Riva, where I was wont to forgather with many of them, they finally got to calling me "Wa-hoo."

My Life |Josiah Flynt
Our parting was not as it had been before, when we knew that sooner or later we should forgather in one place or the other.

King Olaf's Kinsman |Charles Whistler
There we pitched camp, and, as the flies lacked, built a friendship-fire about which to forgather when the day was done.

The Forest |Stewart Edward White

And yet, although he loved best to forgather with those of his own sex, woman meant much for him!

The Martian |George Du Maurier

British Dictionary definitions for forgather

forgather

/ (fɔːˈɡæðə) /

verb

a variant spelling of foregather