Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ingather

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-gath-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To collect or gather in

Transitive verb

verb

To gather together

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in
Root: ingaderen

Usage

Inflected Forms

ingathers (present, singular) ingathering (participle, present) ingathered (participle, past) ingathered (past)

Derived Forms

ingatherer

Questions

What does ingather mean?: To collect or gather in
Where does ingather come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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