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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

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

Here each night in the public-bar, or in the private-parlour, according to their social status, the inhabitants would forgather and discuss the problem of the mysterious letters.

From Malcolm Sage, Detective by Jenkins, Herbert George

"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 Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)