congregate
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[edit] English
[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.
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congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)
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congregate (third-person singular simple present congregates, present participle congregating, simple past and past participle congregated)
- (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.
- Hooker,
- (intransitive): To come together; to assemble; to meet.
- William Shakespeare,
- Even there where merchants most do congregate.
- William Shakespeare,
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To collect into an assembly or assemblage
To come together; to assemble; to meet
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[edit] Italian
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congregate
- second-person plural present indicative of congregare
- second-person plural imperative of congregare
- Feminine plural of congregato
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[edit] Latin
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congregāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of congregō