2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase. Their snowball did not gather as it went. Bacon.
3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
4. To collect or bring things together. Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed. Matt. xxv. 26.
GATHER
Gath"er, n.
1. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
2. (Carriage Making)
Defn: The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7.
GATHERABLE
Gath"er*a*ble, a.