CONGLOBE

conglobate, conglobe

(verb) assume a globular shape

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

conglobe (third-person singular simple present conglobes, present participle conglobing, simple past and past participle conglobed)

(archaic, poetic, ambitransitive) To conglobate; to collect into a round mass.

But what means this? The downy swathes combine,
Conglobe, the smothery coy-caressing stuff
Curdles about her!

Source: Wiktionary


Con*globe", v. t. [imp & p. p. Conglobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing.] Etym: [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate.]

Definition: To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton.

Con*globe", v. i.

Definition: To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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