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gather'd

gather'd is the simple past and past participle of gather.

Meaning of gather

Verb

gather (third-person singular simple present gathers, present participle gathering, simple past and past participle gathered)

  1. To collect normally separate things.
    • I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.
    1. Especially, to harvest food.
      • We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.
    2. To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
      • Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.
    3. (intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.
      • People gathered round as he began to tell his story.
    4. (intransitive) To grow gradually larger by accretion.
      • Their snow-ball did not gather as it went.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
  2. To bring parts of a whole closer.
    • She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.

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Questions about gather'd

What is gather'd the simple past and past participle of?
Gather'd is the simple past and past participle of gather.

Words near gather'd in the dictionary

  1. gather strength
  2. gather up
  3. gather up one's courage
  4. gather way
  5. gather wool
  6. gather'd
  7. gatherable
  8. Gathercole
  9. gathered
  10. gathered dust
  11. gathered oneself

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