congregate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare (“to congregate”), from con- (“with, together”) + gregare (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹə.ɡeɪt/

Adjective

congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)

1. (rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book II, Chapter IX:

     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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body

   Synonyms: amass, assemble, compact, bring together, gather, mass; see also Thesaurus:round up

   • (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

   • (Can we date this quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Cold congregates all bodies.

   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.

2. (intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

   Synonyms: assemble, begather, forgather; see also Thesaurus:assemble

   • (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Even there where merchants most do congregate.

Related terms

• congregation

Translations

To collect into an assembly or assemblage

• Bulgarian: струпвам (bg) (strupvam)
• Catalan: congregar (ca)
• Galician: congregar
• Interlingua: congregar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: popō
• Portuguese: congregar (pt)
• Russian: собира́ть (ru) (sobirátʹ)
• Spanish: congregar (es)

To come together; to assemble; to meet

• Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se), струпвам се (strupvam se)
• Finnish: kokoontua (fi), kerääntyä (fi)
• Interlingua: congregar se
• Maori: hui, huihui, popō, whakamine, whakaopeti, ikapahi, kāpunipuni
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: congregar (pt)
• Quechua: huñunakuy
• Russian: собира́ться (ru) (sobirátʹsja)
• Spanish: congregarse (es)

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Italian

Verb

congregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of congregare
2. second-person plural imperative of congregare
3. feminine plural of congregato

Anagrams

• conteggerà

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) congregāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of congregō