Conglobate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To form into a globe or ball. transitive
"How rich a dower was yours! By how much toil of sinew and of mind Collected, conglobated, were Earth’s stores Treasured in Rome,—the Eternal!—throne assigned By Nature and the Gods for sway of human kind!"
- 2 assume a globular shape wordnet
- 1 Shaped like or formed into a ball.
"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[…]."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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[…]."
Etymology
First attested in 1635; borrowed from Latin conglobātus, perfect passive participial of conglobō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + globus (“ball”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix)
More for "conglobate"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.