Definition for GATH'ER

GATH'ER, v.i.

  1. To collect; to unite; to increase; to be condensed. The clouds gather in the west.
  2. To increase; to grow larger by accretion of like matter. Their snow-ball did not gather as it went Bacon.
  3. To assemble. The people gather fast.
  4. To generate pus or matter. [See Gathering.]

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