Modern English usage. 2014.
Forgather — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forgather — index meet, rendezvous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
forgather — forgather, foregather verb (I) formal to meet as a group … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
forgather — [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) … English World dictionary
forgather — 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 … Dictionary of troublesome word
forgather — or foregather intransitive verb Date: 1513 1. to come together ; assemble 2. to meet someone usually by chance … New Collegiate Dictionary
forgather — /fawr gadh euhr/, v.i. 1. to gather together; convene; assemble. 2. to encounter someone, esp. by chance. Also, foregather. [1505 15; FOR + GATHER] * * * … Universalium
forgather — verb To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate … Wiktionary
forgather — 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… … Moby Thesaurus
forgather — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. congregate, convene, assemble; see gather 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also foregather verb To come together: assemble, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, gather, get together, group, muster. See COLLECT … English dictionary for students
