Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated, literary)To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.

Origin

From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apo

From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from

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Forms

is gathered to one's fathers, being gathered to one's fathers, was gathered to one's fathers, been gathered to one's fathers
Base formbe gathered to one's fathers · to be gathered to one's fathers
3rd person singularis gathered to one's fathers
Present participlebeing gathered to one's fathers
Past simplewas gathered to one's fathers
Past participlebeen gathered to one's fathers

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybe gathered to one's fathers
he, she, itis gathered to one's fathers

Past simpleLesson

all personswas gathered to one's fathers

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave been gathered to one's fathers
he, she, ithas been gathered to one's fathers

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill be gathered to one's fathers

Synonyms

88 synonyms
codeA1departB1exitB1expireC1passA2sinkB1succumbC2sleep with one's fathersassume room temperatureauger inbite the big onebite the biscuitbite the dustbuy the farm

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bayoubazaarbeA1beachA1beachfront

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