garner
verbEtymology From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.
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To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
- The rustic does not know what would happen to him if he garnered his corn on Sunday, nor does the diner-out in polite society know what would happen if he spooned up his food with his knife - but they both are stricken with a sort of paralysis at the very suggestion of infringing these taboos.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 195:
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To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
- […] I walked enormous distances[…] garnering thoughts even from the heather.1835, Honoré de Balzac, The Lily of the Valley, Chapter 2:
- He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes.1913, “Anton Berlage” in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
1 more example
- […] its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish.1956, Andrew North, Plague Ship, Chapter 14:
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Figuratively, Often To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire (attitudes, reputations, or actions from others) by some effort or due to some fact
- To garner support
- He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
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- Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
- His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
- This country will never forget nor fail to honor those who have so courageously garnered our highest regard.1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5031:
- President Roosevelt garnered the support of our working men and women to increase war production and build our "Arsenal of Democracy."1999, Bill Clinton, Proclamation 7259:
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Rare To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
- She soothed herself with the belief that the workings of her soul were still known to him,—that her regret and her despondency were but the needful preparation for that other sphere, where now her only remaining hope was garnered.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 9–10:
- For this alone on Death I wreak / The wrath that garners in my heart;1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto LXXXII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- garner up, ungarnered