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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.
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Glean
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English glenen < Old French glener < Late Latin glennāre ≪ Celtic
1350–1400; Middle English glenen < Old French glener < Late Latin glennāre ≪ Celtic
Related forms
glean·a·ble, adjective
glean·er, noun
un·gleaned, adjective
Synonyms
3. garner, deduce, infer.
3. garner, deduce, infer.
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Word Origin & History
glean
early 14c., 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 English than the literal one of "gather grain left by the reapers" (late 14c.).
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Glean definition
The corners of fields were not to be reaped, and the sheaf accidentally left behind was not to be fetched away, according to the law of Moses (Lev. 19:9; 23:22; Deut. 24:21). They were to be left for the poor to glean. Similar laws were given regarding vineyards and oliveyards. (Comp. Ruth 2:2.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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