conglobate

English

Etymology

from Latin conglobare, from com- (together) + globus (ball)

Adjective

conglobate (comparative more conglobate, superlative most conglobate)

  1. Shaped like or formed into a ball.
    • 1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: [], London: Printed for George Strahan [], OCLC 12981367, § XXXV, page 213:
      By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, [] Much after the ſame manner, are their proper Fluids ſeparated from the Blood in the Liver, Sweetbread, Teſticles, and the other Conglobat and Conglomerate Glands of the Body [].

Translations

Verb

conglobate (third-person singular simple present conglobates, present participle conglobating, simple past and past participle conglobated)

  1. (transitive) To form into a globe or ball.

Derived terms

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Italian

Verb

conglobate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of conglobare
  2. second-person plural imperative of conglobare
  3. feminine plural of conglobato

Latin

Verb

conglobāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of conglobō
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