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forgathered

forgathered is the simple past and past participle of forgather.

Meaning of forgather

Verb

forgather (third-person singular simple present forgathers, present participle forgathering, simple past and past participle forgathered)

  1. (intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
    • Dean’s California—wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and exiled and eccentric lovers come to forgather like birds, and the land where everybody somehow looked like broken-down, handsome, decadent movie actors.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 9, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2
    Synonyms:
    collect, begather

Questions about forgathered

What is forgathered the simple past and past participle of?
Forgathered is the simple past and past participle of forgather.

Words near forgathered in the dictionary

  1. forgainst
  2. Forgan
  3. Forgandenny
  4. forgat
  5. forgather
  6. forgathered
  7. forgathering
  8. forgatherings
  9. forgathers
  10. forgave
  11. forgave and forgot

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