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forgather

American  
[fawr-gath-er] / fɔrˈgæð ər /

verb (used without object)

  1. to gather together; convene; assemble.

  2. to encounter someone, especially by chance.


forgather British  
/ fɔːˈɡæðə /

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

Etymology

Origin of forgather

First recorded in 1505–15; for- + gather

Example Sentences

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Wherever workers forgather, you may hear someone relate how he told the boss where to get off.

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

Oh, it's perfectly clear That there's change when the critics forgather.

From Time Magazine Archive

No longer would she forgather with the neighbors over a pot of tea for a pleasant vindictive chat.

From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald

There they will surely some April forgather, Drink once together before they depart, One by one over the threshold of silence, On the long trail of the wandering heart.

From More Songs From Vagabondia by Carman, Bliss

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