ingathering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of ingather

   “And, across the gleaming beaches, lo! the mighty flow and fall Of the great ingathering waters thundering under Wamberal!”

noun

1. The gathering in of a literal or metaphorical harvest

   “From that day and hour it was clear that there was not to be so successful an ingathering after all.”

   “The peasant obtained also the seed, but this he was obliged to return to the state after the ingathering of the harvest.”

   “Not until the ingathering are we talking about Eden.”

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