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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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