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Webster 1913 Edition


Gather

Gath′er

(găth′ẽr)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gathered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gathering
.]
[OE.
gaderen
, AS.
gaderian
,
gadrian
, fr.
gador
,
geador
, together, fr.
gæd
fellowship; akin to E.
good
, D.
gaderen
to collect, G.
gatte
husband, MHG.
gate
, also companion, Goth.
gadiliggs
a sister’s son. √29. See
Good
, and cf.
Together
.]
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
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.
5.
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.
Shakespeare
6.
To gain; to win.
[Obs.]
He
gathers
ground upon her in the chase.
Dryden.
7.
(Arch.)
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.
8.
(Naut.)
To haul in; to take up;
as, to
gather
the slack of a rope
.
To be gathered to one's people
or
To be gathered to one's fathers
to die.
Gen. xxv. 8.
To gather breath
,
to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest.
Spenser.
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
(Naut.)
,
to begin to move; to move with increasing speed.

Gath′er

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
When small humors
gather
to a gout.
Pope.
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and
gather
to the eyes.
Tennyson.
2.
To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
Their snowball did not
gather
as it went.
Bacon.
3.
To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus;
as, a boil has
gathered
.
4.
To collect or bring things together.
Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather
where I have not strewed.
Matt. xxv. 26.

Gath′er

,
Noun.
1.
A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
2.
(Carriage Making)
The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
3.
(Arch.)
The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See
Gather
,
Verb.
T.
, 7.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gather

GATH'ER

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To bring together; to collect a number of separate things into one place or into one aggregate body.
Gather stones; and they took stones,and made a heap. Gen.31.
2.
To get in harvest; to reap or cut and bring into barns or stores. Levit. 25.20.
3.
To pick up; to glean; to get in small parcels and bring together.
Gather out the stones. Is.62.
He must gather up money by degrees.
4.
To pluck; to collect by cropping, picking or plucking.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matt.7.
5.
To assemble; to congregate; to bring persons into one place. Ezek. 22.19.
6.
To collect in abundance; to accumulate; to amass.
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings. Eccles.2.
7.
To select and take; to separate from others and bring together.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen. Ps.106.
8.
To sweep together.
The kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind. Matt.13.
9.
To bring into one body or interest.
Yet will I gather others to him. Is.56.
10. To draw together from a state of expansion or diffusion; to contract.
Gathering his flowing robe he seemed to stand,
In act to speak, and graceful stretch'd his hand.
11. To gain.
He gathers ground upon her in the chase.
12. To pucker; to plait.
13. To deduce by inference; to collect or learn by reasoning. From what I hear I gather that he was present.
After he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them. Acts.16.
14. To coil as a serpent.
To gather breath, to have respite.

GATH'ER

,
Verb.
I.
To collect; to unite; to increase; to be condensed. The clouds gather in the west.
1.
To increase; to grow larger by accretion of like matter.
Their snow ball did not gather as it went.
2.
To assemble. The people gather fast.
3.
To generate pus or matter. [See Gathering.]

Definition 2024


gather

gather

English

Verb

gather (third-person singular simple present gathers, present participle gathering, simple past and past participle gathered)

  1. To collect; normally separate things.
    I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
    She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.
    1. Especially, to harvest food.
      We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
    2. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
      Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
    3. (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
      People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
      • Tennyson
        Tears from the depth of some divine despair / Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes.
    4. (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
      • Francis Bacon
        Their snowball did not gather as it went.
  2. To bring parts of a whole closer.
    She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.
    1. (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
      A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.
    2. (knitting) To bring stitches closer together.
      Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.
      If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.
    3. (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
    4. (nautical) To haul in; to take up.
      to gather the slack of a rope
  3. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
    From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.
    I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
  4. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
    Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.
  5. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
  6. To gain; to win.
    • Dryden
      He gathers ground upon her in the chase.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

gather (plural gathers)

  1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
  2. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  3. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
  4. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

Derived terms

  • gathering iron

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