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Definition of Forgather
1. Verb. Collect in one place. "The crowds forgather in the streets"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
Specialized synonyms: Aggroup, Group, Meet, Congregate, Hive, Fort, Fort Up, Convene, Clump, Cluster, Constellate, Flock, Crowd, Crowd Together, Converge, Turn Out, Caucus, Club
Related verbs: Come Across, Encounter, Meet, Run Across, Run Into, See
Generic synonyms: Interact
Derivative terms: Assemblage, Assemblage, Gathering, Gathering, Meeting, Meeting
Definition of Forgather
1. v. i. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.
Definition of Forgather
1. Verb. (intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forgather
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Forgather
1. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. "Within that circle he forgathered with many a fool." (Wilson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forgather
Literary usage of Forgather
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Whene'er I forgather wi' sorrow and care, I gi'e them a skelp as they're creeping
alang, ... O. may thou ne'er forgather up, Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. ..."
2. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"... when we forgather, is to drink naething but milk and water—the general exception
to drink naething but ..."
3. The Works of Robert Fergusson by Robert Fergusson, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1851)
"... hau we forgather round the ingle, We'll chant your praise. Whan I again Auld
Reikie see, And can forgather, lad, with thee, ..."
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