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Forgather

/fəˈɡaðə/

To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.

📖 Definitions of "Forgather"

verb

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
seeverb	(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
encounternoun	(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
assembleverb	(transitive) To put together.
meetverb	To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
gatherverb	To collect normally separate things.
run acrossverb	(idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.
foregatherverb	Alternative form of forgather. [(intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.]
come acrossverb	(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
ran intoverb	come together

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
gatherverb	To collect normally separate things.
foregatherverb	Alternative form of forgather. [(intransitive) To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.]
assembleverb	(transitive) To put together.
seeverb	(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
meetverb	To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
encounterverb	(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
come acrossverb	(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
run acrossverb	(idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.
ran intoverb	come together
gather upverb	(transitive) To gather, assemble or collect, usually into a group or mass.
come togetherverb	(intransitive) To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
get togetherverb	(transitive, intransitive) To meet, to gather together, to congregate.
collectverb	(transitive) To gather together; amass.
ingatherverb	(transitive) To collect or gather in
congregatenoun	(obsolete, in the plural) Assembled persons.
upgatherverb	(obsolete) To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
conferverb	(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
gethernoun	(obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of gather. [To collect normally separate things.]
clusternoun	A bunch or group of several discrete items that are close to each other.
regatherverb	gather again, gather back together