(a) Of people: to come together, assemble, congregate; meet, have a meeting; ~ abouten, ~ unto, crowd around (sb.), surround; (b) refl. to come together, assemble; ~ samen, ~ togedere; (c) to bring (people) together in one place or company; muster (an army, a navy), summon (a council, parliament); ~ a wrestlinge, get a crowd together for wrestling matches; ~ out of, select (sb.) from among (others); ~ togedere; (d) ben gadered, to be assembled, be in one place or company; ben gadered to fadres (peple), be gathered to (one's) forbears, die.

(a) To gather (things, birds, etc.), bring together; pick up; ~ up; amass, collect, store up; ~ of, collect some of (sth.); (b) to collect (materials for a literary work), compile (literary material); collect (examples or instances), collect (lies).

(a) To gather (flowers, herbs, etc.), pick (fruit), mow (grass), harvest (grain); cut (a staff); of an ox: feed on (grass); (b) to catch (fish); fig. win (love, one's heart), gather (spiritual food).

(a) To seek wealth, be covetous; accumulate (wealth), lay up (treasure); also fig.; ppl. gadering, grasping, greedy; (b) to collect (taxes, tithes, tribute, rents, fees, dues, etc.); (c) ppl. as n. gadered, accumulated wealth.

(a) Of dew, sweat, etc.: to accumulate; --also refl.; (b) of wind: to absorb (moisture); of a vial: collect (liquid); of a cave: trap (wind); (c) to acquire or produce (sth.); ~ venesoun, become fat; (d) fig. of an emotion: to increase gradually.

(a) To acquire (knowledge, wisdom, virtue); gather (facts, ideas); remember (one's sins, one's thoughts); (b) to collect (oneself, one's strength, thoughts); get (someone's attention); ~ herte, take heart, regain control over (one's) thoughts or emotions; ~ wind, recover one's breath.

(a) To conclude (sth.), infer, understand; (b) amass evidence to prove (a point).

(a) To unite (persons or things), join together, combine; refl. enter into a union, unite; ~ togedere(s; (b) ppl. gadered, collected in a sum, added; (c) gadering togedere, of a term: comprehensive; gadered name, ?a compound term, ?a comprehensive term.

Cook. (a) To work (a paste or thick liquid) back toward the center of the mass; ~ awei, remove (grease); (b) ~ colour of, to take on the color of (a coloring agent).

(a) Anat. & surg. To draw (body heat); ~ out, remove (fragments of a stone); ~ togedere, contract (the ends of veins); (b) med. & surg. of a wound or sore: to fester, come to a head, suppurate; ~ to an heved, ~ matere, come to a head; of morbid matter in the body: come together, be drawn together; -- also refl.

Misc. uses: to take (sb.) in, give shelter to; ~ the rake, ?pick up the path, ?follow the path; ~ of, pull off (someone's garment); ~ til, bring (one's heart) to (sth.); ~ to, pull at (ropes), spur (a horse); ~ up, ~ on heighte, raise (an ax) over one's head.

In surnames.