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  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.]
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     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.
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              And Belgium's capital had gathered them
              Her beauty and her chivalry.          --Byron.
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              When he had gathered all the chief priests and
              scribes of the people together.       --Matt. ii. 4.
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     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.
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              A rose just gathered from the stalk.  --Dryden.
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              Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                    --Matt. vii.
                                                    16.
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              Gather us from among the heathen.     --Ps. cvi. 47.
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     3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
        to amass; to gain; to heap up.
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              He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
              substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
              the poor.                             --Prov.
                                                    xxviii. 8.
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              To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
              degrees.                              --Locke.
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     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.
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              Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand
              In act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                    --Pope.
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     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.
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              Let me say no more!
              Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
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     6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
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              He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
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     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.
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     8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
        a rope.
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     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.
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  Gather \Gath"er\, 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.]
     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.
  
              And Belgium's capital had gathered them Her beauty
              and her chivalry.                     --Byron.
  
              When he had gathered all the chief priests and
              scribes of the people together.       --Matt. ii. 4.
  
     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.
  
              A rose just gathered from the stalk.  --Dryden.
  
              Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
                                                    --Matt. vii.
                                                    16.
  
              Gather us from among the heathen.     --Ps. cvi. 47.
  
     3. To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little;
        to amass; to gain; to heap up.
  
              He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
              substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity
              the poor.                             --Prov.
                                                    xxviii. 8.
  
              To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by
              degrees.                              --Locke.
  
     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.
  
              Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand In
              act to speak, and graceful stretched his hand.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     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.
  
              Let me say no more? Gather the sequel by that went
              before.                               --Shak.
  
     6. To gain; to win. [Obs.]
  
              He gathers ground upon her in the chase. --Dryden.
  
     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.
  
     8. (Naut.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of
        a rope.
  
     To be gathered to one's people, or to one's fathers to
        die. --Gen. xxv. 8.
  
     To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being
        out of breath; to get 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.

  gathered
       adj 1: having accumulated or become more intense; "the deepened
              gloom" [syn: deepened]
       2: brought together in one place; "the collected works of
          Milton"; "the gathered folds of the skirt" [syn: collected]
          [ant: uncollected, uncollected]

  gathered
     a.
     (lb en Quakerism) focused, centered, achieving a state of shared
  mysticism.
     vb.
     (infl of en gather  ed-form)

  gathered
     a.
     (lb en Quakerism) focused, centered, achieving a state of shared
  mysticism.
     vb.
     (infl of en gather  ed-form)

  gathered
     a.
     (lb en Quakerism) focused, centered, achieving a state of shared
  mysticism.
     vb.
     (infl of en gather  ed-form)

  gathered
     a.
     (lb en Quakerism) focused, centered, achieving a state of shared
  mysticism.
     vb.
     (infl of en gather  ed-form)

  gathered
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm g ather ed)

  gathered
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en gather ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb gather)

  Gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  متجمّع

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  hnisavý

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  podebraný

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  shromážděný

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  seskupený

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/ 
  shromážděný

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/ 
  seskupený

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  sich eingefunden
     Synonyms: been present, arrived, assembled
  
   see: be present, arrive, assemble, gather, being present, arriving, assembling, gathering, present oneself to sb., report to sb., Passengers must present themselves at the check-in desk no later than 40 minutes before the scheduled time of departure.
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  entnommen
        "As you will have gathered …"  - Wie Sie sicherlich vermutet haben, …
   see: gather sth. from sth., gathering, We understand from your letter that …, The following table indicates …, It would appear from the report that …, Details of the procedure can be found in the manual.
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  gepflückt
   see: gather flowers, gathering
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  gerafft, in Falten gelegt
   see: gather sth., gathering, gather up a dress
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  gesammelt
     Synonym: collected
  
   see: gather sth., collect sth., gathering, collecting, gather berries
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  gesammelt, versammelt
     Synonym: rallied
  
   see: gather sb., rally sb., gathering, rallying, gathers, rallies, gathered, rallied, gather supporters around yourself, rally scattered troops
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  sammelte, versammelte
     Synonym: rallied
  
   see: gather sb., rally sb., gathering, rallying, gathered, rallied, gathers, rallies, gather supporters around yourself, rally scattered troops
  

  gathered /ɡˈaðəd/
  okupila, okupili, okupilo

  
/ˈɡæðɝd/

  128 Moby Thesaurus words for "gathered":
     accumulated, agglomerate, aggregate, allied, amassed, assembled,
     associated, backlogged, banded together, bound, bracketed, built,
     bunched, bundled, cast, clumped, clustered, collected, combined,
     conglomerate, congregate, congregated, conjoined, connected,
     constructed, copulate, coupled, crafted, creased, created, crimped,
     cumulate, custom, custom-built, custom-made, dog-eared, doubled,
     extracted, fabricated, fascicled, fasciculated, fashioned,
     flexible, flounced, fluted, foldable, folded, folding, forged,
     formed, garnered, glomerate, grown, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand,
     handcrafted, handmade, harvested, heaped, hoarded, homemade,
     homespun, in session, incorporated, integrated, intimate, joined,
     joint, knotted, laid up, leagued, linked, lumped, machine-made,
     machined, made, made to order, man-made, manufactured, massed,
     matched, mated, meeting, merged, milled, mined, molded, packaged,
     paired, piled, plaited, pleated, pliable, plicate, plicated,
     plicatile, prefab, prefabricated, processed, put together, quilled,
     raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared,
     ready-to-wear, refined, ruffled, shaped, smelted, spliced, stacked,
     stockpiled, stored, tied, treasured, tucked, twilled, undivided,
     united, unseparated, wedded, well-built, well-constructed,
     well-made, wrapped up, yoked