Complete Definition of "congregate"

English

Etymology
L. congregatus, past participle of congregare to congregate; con- + gregare to collect into a flock, from grex flock, herd. See gregarious.

Adjective
congregate

  1. collected|Collected; compact; close. [R.]

Verb
en-verb|congregat|ing

  1. context|transitive: To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.

#:Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. -Hooker.
#:Cold congregates all bodies. -Coleridge.
#:The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. -Milton.

  1. context|intransitive: To come together; to assemble; to meet.

#:Even there where merchants most do congregate. -w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare

Translations
trans-top|To collect into an assembly or assemblage
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trans-top|To come together; to assemble; to meet
Finnish: kokoontua, kerääntyä
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