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upgathering

upgathering is the present participle and gerund of upgather.

Meaning of upgather

Verb

upgather (third-person singular simple present upgathers, present participle upgathering, simple past and past participle upgathered)

  1. (obsolete) To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
    • Himself he close upgatherd more and more.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

Questions about upgathering

What is upgathering the present participle and gerund of?
Upgathering is the present participle and gerund of upgather.

Words near upgathering in the dictionary

  1. UPG
  2. upgang
  3. upgangs
  4. upgather
  5. upgathered
  6. upgathering
  7. upgathers
  8. upgauge
  9. upgauged
  10. upgauges
  11. upgauging

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