upgather

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/ʌpˈɡæðə(ɹ)/

verb

To gather up; to contract; to draw together.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person upgathers · participle present upgathering · participle past upgathered · past upgathered

  1. obsoleteTo 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

Origin

From up- + gather.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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