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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Upgather

· Up·gath·er · IPA /ʌpˈɡæðə(ɹ)/
01 v. t. To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
  1. 1.
    To gather up; to contract; to draw together.[Obs.]
    “Himself he close upgathered more and more.” Spenser.