Gather

gat-h/er, v. t. [-ERED(-erd), -ering.1 To bring together, collect, a emble: to harvest, pick, pluck; to ama in large quantity or numbers; to make compact, consolidate; to draw together (a piece of cloth, by a thread), pucker, plait; to derive, as an inference; to infer, conclude. — v. i. To come together, congregate: to increase: to come to o head, as a sore; to draw an inference. — n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing the thread through it. — Gath'ering, n. That gathered or brought together, as a crowd, a embly; a tumor, suppurated or maturated; an absce .