garner

Etymology

From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.

noun

1. A granary; a store of grain.
2. An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
   Master, I bring from many wanderings, The gathered garner of my years to thee; One precious fruit of many rain-blown springs And sun-shod summers, ripened over-sea. a. 1912, Voltairine de Cleyre, Death Shall Not Part Ye More

verb

1. To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
2. To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
   […] I walked enormous distances[…] garnering thoughts even from the heather. 1835, Honoré de Balzac, The Lily of the Valley, Chapter 2
   He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes. 1913, “Anton Berlage” in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
   […] its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish. 1956, Andrew North, Plague Ship, Chapter 14
3. (often figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact
   to garner support
   He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
   Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
   His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
   This country will never forget nor fail to honor those who have so courageously garnered our highest regard. 1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5031
   President Roosevelt garnered the support of our working men and women to increase war production and build our "Arsenal of Democracy." 1999, Bill Clinton, Proclamation 7259
   The AMPTP has disputed that description as a “mischaracterization” of their proposal meant to “garner support for its work stoppage.” 2023-07-26, Adrian Horton, “Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
4. (rare) To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.