English

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

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.

Synonyms

• forgather

Related terms

• congregation

Translations

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

Latin

Verb

congregāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of congregō