Conglobulate
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To collect together into a compact round mass. intransitive, rare
"‘Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the red of a river.’"
Example
More examples"‘Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the red of a river.’"
Etymology
From con- + globule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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