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ingather

ingather verb: to collect or gather in.

Verb

ingather (third-person singular simple present ingathers, present participle ingathering, simple past and past participle ingathered)

  1. (transitive) To collect or gather in
    • she curbed to and fro with her strong forearms rising like springs ingathered, waiting and quivering grievously, and beginning to sweat about it.1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter X, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To gather together

ingather meaning in Urdu

ingather in Urdu

بٹورنا, اکٹھا کرنا, جمع کرنا

Forms of ingather

third-person singular presentingathers
present participleingathering
past participleingathered
pastingathered

Origin of ingather

From Middle English ingaderen (“To drive (enemy troops) into a trap”), equivalent to in- + gather.

Words formed from ingather

Questions about ingather

What does ingather mean?
Ingather means to collect or gather in.
What is ingather in Urdu?
Ingather in Urdu is بٹورنا, اکٹھا کرنا, جمع کرنا. See Ingather meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is ingather?
Ingather is a verb.
What is the past tense of ingather?
The past tense of ingather is ingathered.

Words near ingather in the dictionary

  1. ingassing
  2. ingate
  3. ingates
  4. Ingatestone
  5. Ingatestone and Fryerning
  6. ingather
  7. ingathered
  8. ingatherer
  9. ingatherers
  10. ingathering
  11. ingatherings

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