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Definition of Gather in
1. Verb. Fold up. "Take in the sails"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gather In
Literary usage of Gather in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"... of Chichas and Tarija in -Peru, belonging to the district of the former.
talpa, and which they gather in its district, mid is of great estimation. ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1849)
"GATHER in! gather in! 'tis the cry of the land, While the breeze on its wing bears
... gather in, gather in the green garlands of flowers That circle the ..."
3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"May the Lord of the harvest soon send forth servants to reap this wealthy field,
and to gather in its fruit for the nourishment of his Church. ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Send, then, each camp, forth, Thousand unarmed, to gather in their dead ; Till
this sun sets. Witness his truth the gods. Sit Britons' kings out, ..."
5. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... and the representatives of other nations, to gather in the freedom of social
intercourse ; and this may be said with undoubted truth, that in those free ..."
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