Ingather

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To collect or gather in transitive

    "she curbed to and fro with her strong forearms rising like springs ingathered, waiting and quivering grievously, and beginning to sweat about it."

  2. 2
    To gather together intransitive

Example

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"she curbed to and fro with her strong forearms rising like springs ingathered, waiting and quivering grievously, and beginning to sweat about it."

Etymology

From Middle English ingaderen (“To drive (enemy troops) into a trap”), equivalent to in- + gather.

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