forgather
Americanverb (used without object)
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to gather together; convene; assemble.
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to encounter someone, especially by chance.
verb
Etymology
Origin of forgather
Example Sentences
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Oh, it's perfectly clear That there's change when the critics forgather.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hundreds of them were flown in from Moscow to forgather in East Berlin's grim, hulking Ministry of the Interior, the headquarters of the nation's vast security-police network.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wherever workers forgather, you may hear someone relate how he told the boss where to get off.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Have no fear on that score, Madam," replied the priest; "and if so it may be, let us forgather to-night."
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
And yet, although he loved best to forgather with those of his own sex, woman meant much for him!
From The Martian by George Du Maurier
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