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Forgather

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To gather together; assemble.

verb-intransitive. To meet another, especially by accident.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To meet; convene.

To become intimately acquainted (with); take up (with).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. collect in one place

Word Usage

"And the reason why these best are destroyed is because John Barleycorn stands on every highway and byway, accessible, law-protected, saluted by the policeman on the beat, speaking to them, leading them by the hand to the places where the good fellows and daring ones forgather and drink deep."

Verb Form

forgathered forgathering forgathers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

interact

Hyponym

hive fort up clump fort meet

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

convene gossip gather meet associate