garner

The definition of garner is to collect, find or assemble something, especially information.

(verb)

An example of garner is when you do research to find out information about a topic.

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See garner in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a place for storing grain; granary

Origin: ME gerner < OFr grenier < L granarium, granary < granum, grain

transitive verb

  1. to gather up and store in or as in a granary
  2. to get or earn
  3. to collect or gather

See garner in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb gar·nered, gar·ner·ing, gar·ners
  1. To gather and store in or as if in a granary.
  2. To amass; acquire. See Synonyms at reap.
noun
  1. A granary.
  2. An accumulation or collection of something.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from garner, gerner, granary

Origin: , from Old French gernier, grenier

Origin: , from Latin grānārium; see granary

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