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Meanings of foregather (foregathered) in English

Portuguese
reunir
Catalan
reunir-se

To collect in one place, usually for a purpose.

reunir
Usage of foregathered in English
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In truth, it was a strange company with whom we had foregathered.
The Gates of Chance
2
And so-oneforegathered in a cheerful spot amidst friends, and drank forgetfulness.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
3
Then my eyes encountered a strange group foregathered beside the lee rail.
Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
4
They foregathered silently, and watched, with patient interest, the work going on.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
5
The men foregathered curiously about him as he scanned the vessel.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
6
Nutty foregathered with Mr Prescott and took the letters from him.
Uneasy Money
7
Here he once more foregathered with educated people, particularly with some young Armenians.
Maxim Gorki
8
Jimmy Silver had foregathered with Kennedy, Challis, and Williams at the junior door.
The Head of Kay's
9
The aristocrats with whom Jimmy foregathered barely recognised the existence of Billy's companions.
The Head of Kay's
10
It was on the cliffs of La Hève we foregathered.
Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
11
Of the twenty-two men who had plunged, only nineteen foregathered at the far side.
Sir Ludar / A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
12
A few yards in front of them again, as we passed, some bar-loungers foregathered.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
13
Again, Balzac was old enough to have foregathered with many men of the Revolution.
The Jealousies of a Country Town
14
The Happy Family were foregathered there, wrangling with Happy Jack over some trifling thing.
The Flying U's Last Stand
15
Once in some distant Paradise Lost, he had foregathered with the angels of the earth.
Cabbages and Kings
16
So it fell out that the two foregathered at the same atelier one Sunday afternoon.
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Portuguese
reunir
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