polymath, garner

Tim Parks is a polymath among authors; a prolific novelist, translator, essayist and memoirist, as well as an authoritative writer about football.

Despite Google's efforts and the work of Yahoo's own bankers over the weekend to garner interest in a bid to rival Microsoft's, one did not seem likely, at least at this early stage.

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garner 

 ━━ n., vt. 穀倉, 貯蔵所; 蓄積（する） ((up，in)); 獲得する.

verb [T] LITERARY

to collect something, usually after much work or with difficulty:

Coppola garnered several Oscar awards for 'The Godfather'.

poly・math

━━ n. 博識家.

Main Entry:

poly·math

Pronunciation:

\ˈpä-lē-ˌmath\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Greek polymathēs very learned, from poly- + manthanein to learn — more at mathematical

Date:

1621

: a person of encyclopedic learning

— polymath or poly·math·ic \ˌpä-lē-ˈma-thik\ adjective

— po·ly·ma·thy \pə-ˈli-mə-thē, ˈpä-lə-ˌma-thē\ noun