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Congeries definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONGERIES, n. [L., to bring together, to amass; to bear.] A collection of several particles or bodies in one mass or aggregate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural congeries) Etymology: Latin, from congerere Date: circa 1619 aggregation, collection

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same) a disorderly collection; a mass or heap. Etymology: L, formed as congest

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Congeries Con*ge"ri*es, n. sing & pl. [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Aggregate, aggregation, agglomeration, conglomeration, compages, compage, crowd, cluster, crowded series.

Moby Thesaurus

Anschluss, accumulation, acervation, addition, affiliation, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, agreement, alliance, amalgamation, amassment, articulation, assemblage, assembly, assimilation, association, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cartel, centralization, chunk, clustering, coalescence, coalition, collection, combination, combine, combo, communication, company, composition, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copulation, coupling, cumulation, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, gathering, glomeration, gob, group, hookup, hunk, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking, lump, marriage, mass, meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, muster, package, package deal, pairing, ruck, snowball, solidification, splice, stockpile, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, wad, wedding, yoking