Definition of "foregathering" [foregathering]

• Present participle of foregather. (verb)

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• "I replied, ‘By Allah, O my lady, ’tis I who have imperilled my own life, and my aim in foregathering with her is but to look on her and hear her pretty speech.’"
• "And as to the foregathering, ask Father Roubeau here: he performed the ceremony."
• "Replied Abu al-Hasan, O my brother, I meant thee naught but good; but I feared to tell thee this, lest such transport should betide thee as might hinder thee from foregathering with her, and be a stumbling-block between thee and her."