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foregather

American  
[fawr-gath-er, fohr-] / fɔrˈgæð ər, foʊr- /

verb (used without object)

  1. forgather.


foregather British  
/ fɔːˈɡæðə /

verb

  1. to gather together; assemble

  2. rare to meet, esp unexpectedly

  3. (foll by with) to socialize

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What began as a solitary pilgrimage has ended by creating a companionable forum where the city's eccentrics foregather.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2011

Every year when the season is practically over, organizations interested in collegiate sport foregather to mull over football and its aftermath.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Munich, Berlin, where critical tourists foregather, such delicacies have always been available, but at high prices to native Germans using controlled currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the end of the stated period the two teams foregather, producing evidence of their success.

From Time Magazine Archive

Grays is about fifty miles off by our route, which seems the best, and it will be time enough to explain why Grays has been chosen when we foregather round the luncheon table there.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

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