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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: garner 'place for storing grain' (12-19 centuries), from Old French grenier, from Latin granum 'grain'

garner

 verb
     
gar‧ner [transitive]
formal to take or collect something, especially information or support [↪ glean]:
The party garnered 70 percent of the vote.
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