01 a. Collected; compact; close.
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Collected; compact; close.[R.]
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3 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Congregate
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Congregated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Congregating
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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.
03 v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet.
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To come together; to assemble; to meet.“Even there where merchants most do congregate.” — Shak.