Meanings (ES + gloss)
averiguar • cosechar • deducir • entresacar • espigar • recoger
To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
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Nor did he pass unmov'd the gentle scene, / For many a joy could he from Night's soft presence glean.