Category: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.]

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

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

Defn: 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.

congregate Con"gre*gate, v. i.

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