CONGREGATES
Verb
congregates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congregate
Source: Wiktionary
CONGREGATE
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