"ingather" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ingathers [present, singular, third-person], ingathering [participle, present], ingathered [participle, past], ingathered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English ingaderen (“To drive (enemy troops) into a trap”), equivalent to in- + gather. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ingaderen||To drive (enemy troops) into a trap}} Middle English ingaderen (“To drive (enemy troops) into a trap”), {{prefix|en|in|gather}} in- + gather Head templates: {{en-verb}} ingather (third-person singular simple present ingathers, present participle ingathering, simple past and past participle ingathered)
  1. (transitive) To collect or gather in Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ingather-en-verb-peQt06ri Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (intransitive) To gather together Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ingather-en-verb-aP5T2Ln8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ingatherer

Inflected forms

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