intransitive verb. To gather together; assemble.

intransitive verb. To meet another, especially by accident.

To meet; convene.

To become intimately acquainted (with); take up (with).

intransitive verb. To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

verb. To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.

verb. collect in one place

"And the reason why these best are destroyed is because John Barleycorn stands on every highway and byway, accessible, law-protected, saluted by the policeman on the beat, speaking to them, leading them by the hand to the places where the good fellows and daring ones forgather and drink deep."

interact  

aggroup  caucus  club  clump  cluster  

assemble  associate  bunch  bunch up  clot  

forgathered  forgathering  forgathers