gether

present singular third person gethers · participle present gethering · participle past gethered · past gethered

1. alternativedialectalobsoleteAlternative form of gather.

   I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way.

   1881, Sarah P. McLean Greene, Cape Cod Folks

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   "'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns.

   1919, Frederic Moorman, More Tales of the Ridings

   An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee.

   1898, John Hartley, Yorkshire Lyrics

   But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake."

   1872, Edward Eggleston, The End Of The World