Word Meanings - INGATHERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest. Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. Ex. xxii. 16.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INGATHERING)
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- REAP
repen, AS. ripan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - REAPPORTIONMENT
A second or a new apportionment. - REAPPOINT
To appoint again. - REAPPEARANCE
A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again. - HARVEST-HOME
1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak. 2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden. 3. A service - HARVESTRY
The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne. - REAPPROACH
To approach again or anew. - HARVESTMAN
See 1 (more info) 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak. - REAPPLY
To apply again. - HARVEST
LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall - HARVESTLESS
Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. "Harvestless autumns." Tennyson. - REAPPORTION
To apportion again. - REAPPOINTMENT
The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed. - HARVESTING
, from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant , any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called - REAPER
1. One who reaps. The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. Macaulay. 2. A reaping machine. - REAPPAREL
To clothe again. - INGATHERING
The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest. Thou shalt keep . . . the feast of ingathering. Ex. xxii. 16. - HARVESTER
A harvesting ant. (more info) 1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper. - REAPPEAR
To appear again. - PREAPPREHENSION
An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne. - PREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment. - PREAPPOINT
To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle. - FOREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.