Hypertext Webster Gateway: "congregate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Congregate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Congregate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Congregate \Con"gre*gate\, v. i.
To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do congregate. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
congregate
adj : brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated
letters in my office" [syn: {accumulated}, {amassed}, {assembled},
{collected}, {massed}]
v : move together [syn: {gather}, {collect}]
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