forgather
1Forgather — For*gath er, v. i. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. [Scot.] Jamieson. [1913 Webster] Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool. Wilson. [1913 Webster] …
2forgather — index meet, rendezvous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3forgather — forgather, foregather verb (I) formal to meet as a group …
4forgather — is the recommended spelling for this word meaning ‘to assemble, meet together’, rather than foregather, which is also found by association with the prefix fore (see for and fore ). It is a 16c Scottish loanword from Dutch vergaderen used in the… …
5forgather — [fôr gath′ər] vi. [ FOR1 + GATHER, after Du vergaderen] 1. to come together; meet; assemble 2. to meet by chance; encounter 3. to associate or have friendly social relations (with) …
6forgather — Wherever people foregather, one hears two kinds of talk (Simon, Paradigms Lost). Although foregather is not incorrect, the more usual spelling is forgather. A separate question is whether forgather adds anything that gather alone wouldn t say …
7forgather — or foregather intransitive verb Date: 1513 1. to come together ; assemble 2. to meet someone usually by chance …
8forgather — /fawr gadh euhr/, v.i. 1. to gather together; convene; assemble. 2. to encounter someone, esp. by chance. Also, foregather. [1505 15; FOR + GATHER] * * * …
9forgather — verb To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate …
10forgather — Synonyms and related words: assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congregate, congress, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, date, flock together, flow together, fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, herd… …