Regathered

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Gathered or brought together once more after being separated
2. Reassembled or collected again into a group or place
3. Collected anew following a previous dispersal or separation

Etymology: "Regathered" is the past tense and past participle of "regather," so it is the form of a verb meaning to gather again. The verb is simply the prefix "re-" (meaning "again" or "back") attached to "gather," which goes back to Old English "gaderian," a word for bringing things together into one place. Because the prefix is so productive in English, "regather" needs no special coinage; it follows the same pattern as "reassemble" or "reconnect." The prefix itself has a long lineage. It descends from Latin "re-," which carries the sense of backward motion or repetition, and it reached English by way of Old French "re-" and Middle English forms. The result is a plainly compositional word whose meaning can be read directly from its two halves: gather once, then gather again.

Synonyms: recollected, reassembled