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GLEANABLE

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glean

  [gleen]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
2. to gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers.
3. to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly.
–verb (used without object)
4. to collect or gather anything little by little or slowly.
5. to gather what is left by reapers.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME glenen < OF glener < LL glennāre ≪ Celtic

Related forms:
glean⋅a⋅ble, adjective
gleaner, noun

Synonyms:
3. garner, deduce, infer.
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Word Origin & History

glean 
c.1330, from O.Fr. glener, from L.L. glennare "make a collection," from Gaulish (cf. O.Ir. do-glinn "he collects, gathers," Celt. glan "clean, pure"). Figurative sense was earlier in Eng. than the literal one of "gather grain left by the reapers" (c.1385).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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