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  • 121forgather — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. congregate, convene, assemble; see gather 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also foregather verb To come together: assemble, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, gather, get together, group, muster. See COLLECT …

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  • 122Assemblage — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Assemblage >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{opp,73,} assemblage Sgm: N 1 collection collection collocation colligation Sgm: N 1 compilation compilation levy gathering ingathering muster …

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  • 123congregation — mid 14c., a gathering, assembly, from O.Fr. congregacion (12c., Mod.Fr. congrégation), from L. congregationem (nom. congregatio), noun of action from congregare (see CONGREGATE (Cf. congregate)). Used by Tyndale to translate Gk. ekklesia in New… …

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  • 124roost — roost1 noun a place where birds regularly settle to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day. verb (of a bird or bat) settle or congregate for rest. Origin OE hrōst; of unknown ultimate origin. roost2 noun (in the Orkneys and… …

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  • 125assemble — I. v. a. Collect, muster, convene, convoke, congregate, gather, levy, call, summon, call together, bring together, get together. II. v. n. Convene, congregate, meet, gather, meet together, gather together, come together …

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  • 126gather — I. v. a. 1. Collect, muster, assemble, congregate, bring together, draw together. 2. Accumulate, amass, hoard, garner, garner up, heap up, gather up. 3. Pluck, crop, pick, cull, reap, glean. 4. Gain, win, acquire, get. 5. Infer, deduce, conclude …

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  • 127congregating — noun the act of congregating • Syn: ↑congregation • Derivationally related forms: ↑congregate, ↑congregate (for: ↑congregation) • Hypernyms: ↑assembly, ↑ …

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  • 128flock´less — flock1 «flok», noun, verb. –n. 1. a group of animals of one kind keeping, feeding, or herded together, especially sheep; goats, or birds: »a flock of geese. A flock can mean lions in Africa, sheep in Australia, goats in Ireland, and geese in the… …

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