congregate
verb
- to come together
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/ / /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/
adj
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.
- Congregated.
“VVith all the Gods about him congregate:”
- Congregated (organized on a congregational basis).
“congregate churches”
- Collective; assembled; compact.
“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.”
noun
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.
- Assembled persons.
“That the congregates may frankelie shew their minds upon such matters as are to come before them.”
verb
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.
- To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
“Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.”
“The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.”
- To come together; to assemble; to meet.
“Even there where merchants most do congregate.”