upgather

verb

upgather

verb

/ʌpˈɡæðə(ɹ)/

Etymology From up- + gather.

1

Obsolete To gather up; to contract; to draw together.

  • Himself he close upgatherd more and more.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

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