congregate

From Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare (“to congregate”), from con- (“with, together”) + gregare (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹə.ɡeɪt/

congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)

1. (rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book II, Chapter IX:

     With this reservation, therefore, we proceed to human philosophy or humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate or distributively, the other congregate or in society; so as human philosophy is either simple and particular, or conjugate and civil.

congregate (third-person singular simple present congregates, present participle congregating, simple past and past participle congregated)

1. (transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body

   Synonyms: assemble, gather together, mass, compact, bring together; see also Thesaurus:round up

   • (Can we date this quote?) Hooker

     Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

     Cold congregates all bodies.

   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.

2. (intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

   Synonyms: assemble, begather, forgather; see also Thesaurus:assemble

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     Even there where merchants most do congregate.

• congregation

congregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of congregare
2. second-person plural imperative of congregare
3. feminine plural of congregato

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congregāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of congregō