Definition of "foregather"

One morning the twins foregathered in the parlor.

1908, Emerson Hough, Heart's Desire‎

These were the same people with whom the judges who rendered these decisions were apt to foregather at social clubs, or dinners, or in private life.

1913, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt‎

A little group of old gentlemen immediately foregathered with them.

1919, Marie Conway Oemler, A Woman Named Smith‎

The six drivers foregathered and the rather surprising discovery was made that five out of the six were teetotallers.

1941 January, David L. Smith, “Still More G. & S.W. Nights' Entertainment”, in Railway Magazine, page 16

I was hoping for some further improvement when we were suddenly brought to a stand on the 1 in 125 before Stanley Junction, where a couple of freights and the 8.40 a.m. slow from Struan all had foregathered and helped to block the road.

1964 January, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 48