CONGREGATE

congregate

(verb) come together, usually for a purpose; “The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)

(rare) Collective; assembled; compact.

Verb

congregate (third-person singular simple present congregates, present participle congregating, simple past and past participle congregated)

(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body

Synonyms: amass, assemble, compact, bring together, gather, mass, Thesaurus:round up

(intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

Synonyms: assemble, begather, forgather, Thesaurus:assemble

Source: Wiktionary


Con"gre*gate, a. Etym: [L. congregatus, p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]

Definition: Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.

Con"gre*gate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congregated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congregating]

Definition: To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact. Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker. Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge. The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton.

Con"gre*gate, v. i.

Definition: To come together; to assemble; to meet. Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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