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.
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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.
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Con"gre*gate, v. i.
To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do congregate.
Shak.
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