<p><b>2.</b> <def>(Eng. Univ.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.</def>
<h1>Gate</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gata</ets>; akin to SW. <ets>gata</ets> street, lane, Dan. <ets>gade</ets>, Goth. <ets>gatw\'94</ets>, G. <ets>gasse</ets>. Cf. <er>Gate</er> a door, <er>Gait</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A way; a path; a road; a street (as in High<i>gate</i>).</def> <mark>[O. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>
<blockquote>I was going to be an honest man; but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and then a woman, in my <b>gate</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Manner; gait.</def> <mark>[O. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>
<h1>Gated</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gat"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having gates.</def>
<i>Young.</i>
<h1>Gatehouse</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house connected or associated with a gate.</def>
<h1>Gateless</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no gate.</def>
<h1>Gateman</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gate keeper; a gate tender.</def>
<h1>Gatepost</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate"post`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also <altname>swinging ∨ hinging post</altname>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A post against which a gate closes; -- called also <altname>shutting post</altname>.</def>
<h1>Gateway</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.</def>
<h1>Gatewise</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gate"wise`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a gate.</def>
<blockquote>Three circles of stones set up <b>gatewise</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Gather</h1> <Xpage=615>
<hw>Gath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gathered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gathering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gaderen</ets>, AS. <ets>gaderian</ets>, <ets>gadrian</ets>, fr. <ets>gador</ets>, <ets>geador</ets>, together, fr. <ets>g\'91d</ets> fellowship; akin to E. <ets>good</ets>, D. <ets>gaderen</ets> to collect, G. <ets>gatte</ets> husband, MHG. <ets>gate</ets>, also companion, Goth. <ets>gadiliggs</ets> a sister's son. &root;29. See <er>Good</er>, and cf. <er>Together</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.</def>
<blockquote>And Belgium's capital had <b>gathered</b> them Her beauty and her chivalry. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>When he had <b>gathered</b> all the chief priests and scribes of the people together. <i>Matt. ii. 4.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck.</def>
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