GATHER (2)

Gath″er (?), v. i. 1. 1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
When small humors gather to a gout. Pope. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. Tennyson. 2. 2. To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
Their snowball did not gather as it went. Bacon. 3. 3. To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered.
4. 4. To collect or bring things together.
Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed. Matt. xxv. 26.