forgatherforegatherv.
/fəˈɡaðə/, /fɔːˈɡaðə/, U.S. /fərˈɡæðər/, /fɔrˈɡæðər/, Scottish English /fərˈɡaθər/, /forˈɡaθər/ Chiefly Scottish.
1. intransitive. To gather together, assemble.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals
gathera975
ensemblea1300
drawc1300
semble1389
herd1393
assemblea1400
routa1400
sanka1400
trume?a1400
musterc1425
convene1429
resemblea1450
to draw together1455
forgather1513
accompany1534
troop1565
congregate1570
to get together1575
parliament?1589
accoil1590
join1706
to roll up1817
congressa1850
to round up1879
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xiv. 30 Ane ost of futmen..Thik forgadderis the large feyldis about.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 62 The Scottis all forgadderit in Argyle.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 102 In London town..Whare fock..Forgather aft..To drink and tipple.
1895 H. P. Robinson Men Born Equal 329 Three or four other men forgathered with them in the wine-room over the coffee and cigars.
2.
a. To encounter, meet; esp. to meet with. ‘Now commonly used to denote an accidental meeting’ (Jamieson).
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience
ymetec893
findeOE
meetOE
counterc1325
overtakec1390
limp?a1400
tidea1400
runa1450
to fall with ——?c1475
onlightc1475
recounterc1485
recount1490
to come in witha1500
occur1531
to fall on ——1533
to fall upon ——1533
beshine1574
rencontre1582
entertain1591
cope with1594
happen1594
tocome1596
incur1599
forgather1600
thwart1601
to fall in1675
cross1684
to come across ——1738
to cross upon (or on)1748
to fall across ——1760
experience1786
to drop in1802
encounter1814
to come upon ——1820
to run against ——1821
to come in contact with1862
to run across ——1864
to knock or run up against1886
to knock up against1887
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
drawc1275
mella1300
meeta1325
fellow1340
usec1384
conjoinc1386
joinc1390
knitc1400
accompany1461
enfellowship1470
frequent1477
haunt1477
mixa1513
encompanya1533
combinea1535
contract1548
to take with ——1562
associate1581
to have a saying toa1593
cope1594
sort1594
to take in1597
consort1600
herd1606
factionate1611
to keep company (with)a1616
accost1633
solder1641
converse1649
walk1650
consociate1653
coalite1734
to get with ——a1772
forgather1786
unionize1810
to go rounda1867
to mix in1870
cop1940
1600 R. Logan in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 282 Incase ye and M.A.R. forgader,..be very var vith his raklese toyis of Padoa.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ix. 142 They forgathered with a mighty hurricane out of the north-west.
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. Ded. Ye fergather wi' your friends at kirk.
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs i, in Poems 9 'Twas in that place..Twa Dogs..Forgather'd ance upon a time.
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xix. 178 I foregathered with an ancient fisherman.
b. To associate with. to forgather up: to take up with, become attached to.
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1786 R. Burns Poems 65 O, may thou ne'er forgather up, Wi' onie blastet, moorlan toop.
1858 Times 30 Nov. 6/6 For this..purpose he forgathered with the privates of the regiment, and treated them.
3. ? To come together in marriage.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)]
weda1225
marrya1325
spousec1390
to make matrimonyc1400
intermarry1528
contract1530
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535
to make a match1547
yoke1567
match1569
mate1589
to go to church (with a person)1600
to put one's neck in a noosec1600
paira1616
to join giblets1647
buckle1693
espouse1693
to change (alter) one's condition1712
to tie the knot1718
to marry out1727
to wedlock it1737
solemnize1748
forgather1768
unite1769
connubiate1814
conjugalize1823
connubialize1870
splice1874
to get hitched up1890
to hook up1903
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 100 Fouk ay had best begin wi' dealing fair, Altho' they sud forgether ne'er so bare.
Derivatives
forˈgathered adj. assembled.
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1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 206 There rose a shout From the foregathered multitudes.
forˈgathering n. the action of gathering together; also, an assembly, gathering, or meeting.
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1823 W. Tennant Cardinal Beaton ii. i. 33 ‘You're awing me a pint o' gin for this forgatherin.’
1868 C. Dickens Let. 21 Mar. (2002) XII. 81 We hold all sorts of hearty foregatherings.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 8 Aug. 3/1 The fears and doubts of nations are laid to rest by the foregathering of the imperial cousins.
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