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congregate
CIDE DICTIONARY
congregate, 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. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
congregate, v. t.
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. [1913 Webster]
"Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church." [1913 Webster]
"Cold congregates all bodies." [1913 Webster]
"The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas." [1913 Webster]
Of congregated waters he called Seas." [1913 Webster]
congregate, v. i.
To come together; to assemble; to meet. [1913 Webster]
"Even there where merchants most do congregate." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
congregate, v.intr. & tr. collect or gather into a crowd or mass.
Etymology
ME f. L congregare (as com-, gregare f. grex gregis flock)
THESAURUS
congregate
assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congress, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, date, flock together, flow together, forgather, fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, herd together, hive, horde, huddle, league, link, mass, meet, merge, mill, muster, raise, rally, rally around, rendezvous, seethe, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng, uniteROGET THESAURUS
congregate
Assemblage
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.For further exploring for "congregate" in Webster Dictionary Online
