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单词 regather
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regatherv.

Brit. /ˌriːˈɡaðə/, U.S. /riˈɡæðər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, gather v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + gather v. Compare recollect v.1
1.
a. transitive. To collect or bring together again. Also reflexive: to summon up one's resolve again.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > again
reassemble?1473
regather1543
recollect1570
recollect1606
reaccruea1657
remass1695
1543 G. Joye Our Sauiour Iesus Christ hath not ouercharged his Chirche sig. Bvii In the whiche wordis also the doctrine of thapostles is regathered as it were in to a breif somme.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G4v At length regathering his spirites..he strained foorth this dittie.
1609 G. Chapman Euthymiae Raptus 1214 And I maie Regather the sperst fragments of my spirits.
1657 W. Metham Let. July in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) VI. 398 The Portughese regather their scattered troupes, and intend this autumne to retake their lost townes.
1676 T. Otway Don Carlos iii. 19 I'le regather yet my strength.
1722 J. Bingham Ecclesiæ Primitivæ Notitia II. 525 To this end he regathered the same Fathers,..to compleat the Work they had begun.
1763 L. Holden Paraphr. Job, Psalms, Proverbs, & Ecclesiastes IV. 188 Such a dispersion that they are never to be regathered so as to enjoy happiness.
1797 B. Trumbull Compl. Hist. Connecticut i. i. 11 The three churches..were gathered antecedently to their settlement in Connecticut, and it does not appear that they were ever regathered afterwards.
1820 London Lit. Gaz. 26 Feb. 1/3 To recollect..implies to regather or collect those parts which have been scattered in different directions.
1852 Littell's Living Age 27 Nov. 432/2 With a just conservative taste, Miss Robbins has regathered these perennial flowers of the muse.
1868 E. R. Sill Hermitage in Poems xv As the image of God Is broken and re-gathered in the soul.
1911 M. Johnston Long Roll xxxii. 459 There, regathering form and might, they readvanced to the echoing hill.
1921 W. S. Churchill Let. 9 Feb. in M. Soames Clementine Churchill (1979) xiii. 194 Subordinate everything in yr life to regathering yr nervous energy, and recharging yr batteries.
1986 F. Peretti This Present Darkness vi. 59 He took a moment to regather himself.
2002 A. Phillips Prague i. xi. 41 She walked through the metal detector, regathered her change and keys from the soldiers on the far side.
b. intransitive. To meet or come together again; to reconvene.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > again
reassemble?1473
recollecta1631
regather1803
rebunch1887
reassociate1891
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 > again
reassociate1809
remuster1846
regather1890
1803 J. Pickersgill Three Brothers II. vi. 260 The conspirators.., wearied and baffled, regathered in the street.
1877 Ld. Tennyson Prefatory Sonnet 18th Cent. in Wks. 533/1 Our true co-mates regather round the mast.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 7/1 When the House of Commons..regathered yesterday afternoon.
1951 J. G. Garner & J. J. Garner tr. G. de la Vega Florida of Inca v. iv. 488 As soon as the conquerors had inflicted the desired damage, they regathered in their own lands.
1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Dec. 19/3 Life in Soho..was like a party that never ended because those who'd been drunk the night before regathered at lunch time to resume their drinking.
2002 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. The group, primarily young males, would fight with each other, disperse when authorities arrived, regather and fight again.
2. transitive. To gather the fabric of (a garment) again. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > gather
whip1548
regather1856
stroke1875
smock1888
shirr1892
1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xviii. 175 Margaret..was..re-gathering a poor child's frock.
1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 20 The child can probably sew the gathers in..instead of having to regather the whole.

Derivatives

reˈgathering n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > gathering together > gathering or coming together > again
reassembly1576
reassemblage1606
reassociation?1792
regathering1825
1825 Monthly Rev. Sept. 60 There has been..a regathering and conjoining of the stray gems of genius.
1848 T. De Quincey Final Memorials C. Lamb in N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 182 The regathering and restoration of the total word from its scattered parts.
1855 T. T. Lynch Rivulet xxxii. 45 'Twas hard the unbroken dark to bear, But harder still re-gathering night.
1906 J. H. Ropes Apostolic Age iv. 108 This conviction..brought about the regathering of the earliest disciples.
1955 Times 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.
1970 Yale French Stud. No. 44. 157 Is it really so certain that Teste's silence..is not determined by the postponement and regathering of similar creative powers?
2002 S. J. Cimbala & J. Scouras New Nucl. Cent. v. 148 The regathering of nuclear weapons among Cold War NATO forces in Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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