CONGREGATE DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
congregate v 1: come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve" congregate c.1400, from L. congregatus, pp. of congregare "to herd together," from com- "together" + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather," from grex (gen. gregis) "a flock." Congregation is from c.1340, used by Tyndale to translate Gk. ekklesia in New Testament, and preferred by 16c. Reformers instead of church; hence the word's main modern sense of "local society of believers" (1526), and Congregational, the Protestant sect, from 1639. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) congregate I. verb (-gated; -gating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare, from com- + greg-, grex flock Date: 15th century transitive verb to collect into a group or crowd ; assemble intransitive verb to come together into a group, crowd, or assembly Synonyms: see gather • congregator noun II. adjective Date: 1900 providing or being group services or facilities designed especially for elderly persons requiring supportive services <congregate housing> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary congregate (congregates, congregating, congregated) When people congregate, they gather together and form a group. Visitors congregated on Sunday afternoons to view public exhibitions. VERB: V English Explanatory Dictionary congregate ˈkɔŋɡrɪɡeɪt v.intr. & tr. collect or gather into a crowd or mass. [ME f. L congregare (as com-, gregare f. grex gregis flock)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Congregate \Con"gre*gate\, a. [L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected; compact; close. [R.] --Bacon. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Congregate \Con"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congregating] 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Congregate \Con"gre*gate\, v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet. Even there where merchants most do congregate. --Shak. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms congregate I. v. a. Assemble, collect, muster, gather, convene, convoke, bring together. II. v. n. Assemble, meet, collect, muster, gather, convene, throng, come or crowd together, come together, meet together. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 43 Moby Thesaurus words for "congregate": assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congress, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, date, flock together, flow together, forgather, fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, herd together, hive, horde, huddle, league, link, mass, meet, merge, mill, muster, raise, rally, rally around, rendezvous, seethe, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng, unite |
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