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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gather \Gath"er\ (g[a^][th]"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gathering}.] [OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g[ae]d fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. [root]29. See {Good}, and cf. {Together}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. [1913 Webster] And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty and her chivalry. --Byron. [1913 Webster] When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. --Matt. ii. 4. [1913 Webster] 2. To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck. [1913 Webster] A rose just gathered from the stalk. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? --Matt. vii. 16. [1913 Webster] Gather us from among the heathen. --Ps. cvi. 47. [1913 Webster] 3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up. [1913 Webster] He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. --Prov. xxviii. 8. [1913 Webster] To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by degrees. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle. [1913 Webster] Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 5. To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude. [1913 Webster] Let me say no more! Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To gain; to win. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. (Arch.) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like. [1913 Webster] 8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope. [1913 Webster] {To be gathered to one's people} or {To be gathered to one's fathers} to die. --Gen. xxv. 8. {To gather breath}, to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest. --Spenser. {To gather one's self together}, to collect and dispose one's powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory to a leap. {To gather way} (Naut.), to begin to move; to move with increasing speed. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gather \Gath"er\, v. i. 1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. [1913 Webster] When small humors gather to a gout. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase. [1913 Webster] Their snowball did not gather as it went. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered. [1913 Webster] 4. To collect or bring things together. [1913 Webster] Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed. --Matt. xxv. 26. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gather \Gath"er\, n. 1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. [1913 Webster] 2. (Carriage Making) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See {Gather}, v. t., 7. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: gather n 1: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: {gather}, {gathering}] 2: the act of gathering something [syn: {gather}, {gathering}] v 1: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" [syn: {gather}, {garner}, {collect}, {pull together}] [ant: {distribute}, {spread}] 2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: {meet}, {gather}, {assemble}, {forgather}, {foregather}] 3: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: {accumulate}, {cumulate}, {conglomerate}, {pile up}, {gather}, {amass}] 4: conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your homework" 5: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: {gather}, {pucker}, {tuck}] 6: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" [syn: {assemble}, {gather}, {get together}] 7: draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her shoulders" 8: look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" 9: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum"; "the car gathers speed" [syn: {gain}, {gather}]