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ingathering

[in-gath-er-ing]

in·gath·er·ing

[in-gath-er-ing]
noun
1.
a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
2.
a gathering together, as of persons; assembly.

Origin:
1525–35; in-1 + gathering

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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.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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in·gath·er

[in-gath-er, in-gath-er]
verb (used with object)
1.
to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
verb (used without object)
2.
to collect; assemble.

Origin:
1565–75; in-1 + gather

in·gath·er·er, noun
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ingathering

noun
request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children" [syn: solicitation
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