different between maturate vs gathering

English

Etymology

Latin maturatus, past participle of maturare (“to make ripe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mætj??e?t/, /?mæt???e?t/

Verb

maturate (third-person singular simple present maturates, present participle maturating, simple past and past participle maturated)

1. (transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.

   • A tree may be maturated artificially.

2. (medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
3. (medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration.

Synonyms

• mature

Italian

Verb

maturate

1. second-person plural present indicative of maturare
2. second-person plural imperative of maturare
3. feminine plural of maturato

Latin

Participle

m?t?r?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?t?r?tus

References

• maturate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maturate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ.ð?.???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather +? -ing (verbal noun ending).

Noun

gathering (plural gatherings)

1. A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

2. A group of people or things.

3. (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

4. A charitable contribution; a collection.
5. (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.

Translations

Further reading

• gathering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Section (bookbinding) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather +? -ing (present participle ending).

Verb

gathering

1. present participle of gather

Adjective

gathering (not comparable)

1. That gathers together

Derived terms

• data-gathering
• evidence-gathering

Anagrams

• nightgear