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forgathers

forgathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 forgathers

What is forgathers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forgathers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forgather.

Words near forgathers in the dictionary

  1. forgat
  2. forgather
  3. forgathered
  4. forgathering
  5. forgatherings
  6. forgathers
  7. forgave
  8. forgave and forgot
  9. forgave my French
  10. forgavest
  11. forge

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