forgather (redirected from forgathering)

for·gath·er also fore·gath·er  (fôr-gr, fr-)

intr.v. for·gath·ered also fore·gath·ered, for·gath·er·ing also fore·gath·er·ing, for·gath·ers also fore·gath·ers

1. To gather together; assemble.

2. To meet another, especially by accident.

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forgather

Verb

same as foregather

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

forgather - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" foregather, gather, assemble, meet aggroup, group - form a group or group together meet - meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?" encounter, meet, run across, come across, run into, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" congregate - come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve" hive - move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving" fort, fort up - gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense convene - meet formally; "The council convened last week" cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" converge - move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star" interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" turn out - come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York" caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy club - gather and spend time together; "They always club together"