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Webster 1913 Edition

Agglomerate

Ag-glom′er-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Agglomerated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Agglomerating
.]
[L.
agglomeratus
, p. p. of
agglomerare
;
ad
+
glomerare
to form into a ball. See
Glomerate
.]
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
Where he builds the
agglomerated
pile.
Cowper.

Ag-glom′er-ate

,
Verb.
I.
To collect in a mass.

Ag-glom′er-ate

,
Noun.
1.
A collection or mass.
2.
(Geol.)
A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; – distinguished from conglomerate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Agglomerate

AGGLOM'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. agglomero, ad and glomero, to wind into a ball, from glomus a ball of yarn; from the Heb. to involve.]
To wind, or collect into a ball; to gather into a mass.

AGGLOM'ERATE

,
Verb.
I.
To gather, grow or collect into a ball or mass.

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