Etymology

forgather

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Today it means: To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate. Full definition →

Scots forgather
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  1. Scots · borrowed fromforgather
  2. English todayforgather

From Scots forgather, foregather (“to gather up, assemble”), equivalent to for- + gather. Cognate with Dutch vergaderen (“to assemble”), German vergattern (“to assemble; to assign duty”).

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