congregate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare (“‘to congregate’”); from con- (“‘with, together’”) + gregare (“‘to collect into a flock’”), from grex (“‘flock, herd’”). See gregarious.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒŋ.gɹə.geɪt/, SAMPA: /"kQN.gr@.geIt/

[edit] Adjective

congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)

1. (rare) Collected; compact; close.

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to congregate (third-person singular simple present congregates, present participle congregating, simple past and past participle congregated)

1. (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.
   • Hooker,

     Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.

   • Coleridge,

     Cold congregates all bodies.

   • Milton,

   The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.

2. (intransitive): To come together; to assemble; to meet.
   • William Shakespeare,

   Even there where merchants most do congregate.

[edit] Related terms

• congregation

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Verb

congregate

1. Second-person plural present tense of congregare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of congregare.
3. Feminine plural of congregato.