ingather

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verb

To collect or gather in

OriginMiddle English ingaderen →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person ingathers · participle present ingathering · participle past ingathered · past ingathered

  1. transitiveTo 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. intransitiveTo gather together

Origin

  1. Middle Englishingaderen“To drive (enemy troops) into a trap”
  2. Englishingather

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

earthinghearting
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APA

ingather. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingather

MLA

“ingather.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingather. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ingather,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ingather.

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