01 v. t. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.
imp. & p. p.
Gathered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gathering
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To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.“And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry.” — Byron.“When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together.” — Matt. ii. 4.
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To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.“A rose just gathered from the stalk.” — Dryden.“Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?” — Matt. vii. 16.“Gather us from among the heathen.” — Ps. cvi. 47.
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To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.” — Prov. xxviii. 8.“To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by degrees.” — Locke.
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To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle.“Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.” — Pope.
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To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude.“Let me say no more! Gather the sequel by that went before.” — Shak.
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To gain; to win.[Obs.]“He gathers ground upon her in the chase.” — Dryden.
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To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like.(Arch.)
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To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
To be gathered to one's people —
to die.
To gather breath —
to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest.
To gather one's self together —
to collect and dispose one's powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory to a leap.
To gather way —
to begin to move; to move with increasing speed.