Meanings
present singular third person begathers · participle present begathering · participle past begathered · past begathered
- ambitransitiveTo gather about; gather round; assemble.
Their horrible glee The phantoms forsaking, about her chill form Loud mocking begather! Yet fiercer the storm Shocks onward terrific — A thunderbolt falls! — Oaks crash down heart-shatter'd!
1907, Edward Hardingham, Lays and legends of the forest of Essex1 more example
Your birthday was in the drying and browning month of my mother's death. I took how Summer tossed your heart at me and made a cornucopia of a snake, my crown. Snake's tongue begathers Winter's sway.
1989, Lynn Lonidier, Clitoris lost
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From be- + gather. Cognate with Middle Dutch begaderen.
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begather. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begather
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