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Gleaning
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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; 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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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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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