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reˈgather, v.
[re- 5 a; cf. recollect v.1 2.]
1. a. trans. To collect or bring together again.
1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 66 At length regathering his spirits..he strained foorth this dittie. 1598Barret Theor. Warres v. i. 140 Having regathered his disordered troupes. 1676Otway Don Carlos iii. i, I'll regather yet my strength. 1838–40[see regathering vbl. n. below]. 1868Sill Poems, Hermitage xv, As the image of God Is broken and re-gathered in the soul.
refl.1598Barret Theor. Warres v. ii. 144 Time to regather themselues into order againe.
b. intr. To meet or come together again.
1855[see regathering ppl. a. below]. 1890Pall Mall G. 16 Aug. 7/1 When the House of Commons..regathered yesterday afternoon.
2. trans. To gather (a garment) again.
1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain xviii, Margaret..was..re-gathering a poor child's frock. 1875Plain Needlework 20 The child can probably sew the gathers in..instead of having to regather the whole.
Hence reˈgathering vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1838De Quincey Lamb Wks. 1858 IX. 112 The regathering and restoration of the total word from its scattered parts. 1840Poe William Wilson Wks. 1864 I. 421 An indistinct regathering of feeble pleasures and phantasmagoric pain. 1855Lynch Rivulet xxxii. i, 'Twas hard the unbroken dark to bear, But harder still re-gathering night. 1955Times 9 Aug. 10/2 They are kept together by a rule of life, by monthly meetings on the mainland, and a 10-day regathering on the island each June. |