Gathered
“He was (for he is gathered) a little man with a coppery complexion.”—Dr. Geist, p. 25.
“He was (for he is gathered) a little man with a coppery complexion.”—Dr. Geist, p. 25.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.