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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

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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

It's a snug bit house where some of the West Country billies forgather for a nicht at e'en.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

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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