Engage and Gather

Engage

Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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Gather and engage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gather" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Gather verb - To bring together in one body or place.

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Engage and gather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Gather".

Nearby Words: gathering, gathered, gatherer

party	engage party	gather party
group	engage group	gather group
number	engage number	gather number
army	engage army	gather army
Other words: forces, powers, heroes, monsters.

Subverted in Cross Days, where Makoto can convince Hikari, Nanami and Roka to gather for sex, but they don't engage in actual three-or-four-way action.

Source: Three-Way Sex
Parodied in a one-page gag of The Smurfs, where the Smurfs gather around a coliseum to see Lazy Smurf engage in a bullfight, only to reveal that the "wild beast" he was taming was actually a snail.

Source: Beastly Bloodsports
It's the least striking of his designs and probably the weakest, but it's equipped with a sophisticated surveillance radome which entirely justifies this trope - it's intended to gather information and report back, not engage in protracted conflicts.

Source: Anime / Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

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