31 August 2014

garner

[gahr-ner]

verb (used with object)

1. to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
2. to get; acquire; earn:
He gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert.
3. to gather, collect, or hoard.
noun
4. a granary or grain bin.
5. a store or supply of anything.

Origin

1125-75; Middle English garner, gerner < Old French gernier, grenier < Latin grānārium granary; see -er2

Related forms

ungarnered, adjective

Anagram

ranger

Today’s aphorism

A friend to all is a friend to none.

– Aristotle

On this day

31 August 12AD – birth of Caligula, also known as Gaius Caesar, 3rd Roman Emperor from 37 – 41AD. Died 24 January 41AD. First Roman Emperor to be assassinated following a conspiracy to restore the Roman Republic. While the plot to kill Caligula succeeds, the restoration of the Republic fails when the Praetorian Guard appoint Caligula’s uncle, Claudius, as Emperor.

31 August 1897 – Thomas Edison granted a patent for the world’s first movie camera, the Kinetograph. The patented incorporated a number of inventions related to the capture of moving pictures, including the kinetoscope.

31 August 1928 – birthday of James Coburn, actor (‘The Great Escape‘, ‘The Magnificent Seven‘).

31 August 1997 – death of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris. Born 1 July 1961.