Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AGGLOMERATE
agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered
(adjective) clustered together but not coherent; “an agglomerated flower head”
pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate
(noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
agglomerate
(verb) form into one cluster
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
agglomerate (comparative more agglomerate, superlative most agglomerate)
collected into a ball, heap, or mass
Synonyms
• agglomerated
Noun
agglomerate (plural agglomerates)
A collection or mass.
(geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
Synonyms
• (collection or mass): agglomeration, collection, mass
Verb
agglomerate (third-person singular simple present agglomerates, present participle agglomerating, simple past and past participle agglomerated)
(ambitransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
Synonyms
• (collect into a ball): ball, ball up, bundle up, clew, conglobate, conglobe, globe, orb, wind
• (gather into a mass): amass, gather, gather up, merge, pile up; see also pile up or coalesce
Source: Wiktionary
Ag*glom"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating.] Etym: [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate.]
Definition: To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.
Ag*glom"er*ate, v. i.
Definition: To collect in a mass.
Ag*glom"er*ate, n.
1. A collection or mass.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
Ag*glom"er*ate, Ag*glom"er*a`ted, a.
1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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