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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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
Wherever workers forgather, you may hear someone relate how he told the boss where to get off.
From Time Magazine Archive
"To the dear lady of Appleby Hundred, and may she forgather with the man she loves best, be it you, or I, or another, Jack Ireton!"
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
But I’ll give the benefit of my opinions to Lady Whitecross when we two forgather.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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