Definitions for: Congregate


[adj] brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters in my office"
[v] move together



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: accumulated, amassed, assembled, collect, collected, concentrated, gather, massed

See Also: clump, cluster, constellate, crowd, crowd together, flock, fort, fort up, hive, move

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