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Turcotte Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

What's "gifting" and "gathering" mean?

"Gifting" as an Indigenous word means what?
"Gathering" as a Native American word means what?
Do both words also have a religious defination?
  

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Welcome to English Forums, Turcotte. Hard to be sure without the context, but I think that neither is a unique use of the word. 'To gift' means to give both presents and powers or qualities.

  • Welcome to English Forums, Turcotte.
  • Hard to be sure without the context, but I think that neither is a unique use of the word.
  • 'To gift' means to give both presents and powers or qualities.
  • A 'gifted' child is one with special abilities.
  • A 'gathering' is a coming-together of people, and Native Americans have what is called the Gathering of Nations-- a sort of convention of all the tribes-- in New Mexico every year.
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Welcome to English Forums, Turcotte.

Hard to be sure without the context, but I think that neither is a unique use of the word.

'To gift' means to give both presents and powers or qualities. A 'gifted' child is one with special abilities.

A 'gathering' is a coming-together of people, and Native Americans have what is called the Gathering of Nations-- a sort of conven

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