Meaning of CONGREGATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'kânggrugit, [v]'kânggru`geyt, 'kângree`geyt
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- [adj] brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office"
- [v] move together
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| | Synonyms: | | accumulated, amassed, assembled, collect, collected, concentrated, gather, massed |
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| | See Also: | | clump, cluster, constellate, crowd, crowd together, flock, fort, fort up, hive, move | |
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\Con"gre*gate\, a. [L. congregatus, p. p. of
congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a
flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.]
Collected; compact; close. [R.] --Bacon.
\Con"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Congregated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Congregating}]
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.
To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do congregate. --Shak.
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