Congregate
adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Assembled persons. in-plural, obsolete
"That the congregates may frankelie shew their minds upon such matters as are to come before them."
- 1 To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body. transitive
"Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church."
- 2 come together, usually for a purpose wordnet
- 3 To come together; to assemble; to meet. intransitive
"Even there where merchants most do congregate."
- 1 Congregated. obsolete
"VVith all the Gods about him congregate:"
- 2 Congregated (organized on a congregational basis). obsolete
"congregate churches"
- 3 Collective; assembled; compact. rare
"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."
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More examples"Eagles congregate here in the spring."
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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