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Webster 1913 Edition

Conglobate

Con-glo′bate

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
conglobatus
, p. p. of
conglobare
to conglobate. See
Globate
.]
Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball;
as, the
conglobate
[lymphatic] glands;
conglobate
flowers
.

Con-glo′bate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conglobated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conglobating
.]
[Cf.
Conglore
.]
To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.
Conglobated
bubbles undissolved.
Wordsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conglobate

CONGLOBATE

,
Adj.
[L., to collect or to make round; a ball. See Globe.] Formed or gathered into a ball. A conglobate gland is a single or lymphatic gland, a small smooth body, covered in a fine skin, admitting only an artery and a lymphatic vessel to pass in, and a vein and a lymphatic vessel to pass out.

CONGLOBATE

,
Verb.
T.
To collect or form into a ball or hard, round substance.

Definition 2024

conglobate

conglobate

English

Adjective

conglobate ‎(comparative more conglobate, superlative most conglobate)

  1. shaped like or formed into a ball.

Translations

Verb

conglobate ‎(third-person singular simple present conglobates, present participle conglobating, simple past and past participle conglobated)

  1. (transitive) To form into a globe or ball.

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Italian

Verb

conglobate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of conglobare
  2. second-person plural imperative of conglobare
  3. feminine plural of conglobato

Latin

Verb

conglobāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of conglobō

Etymology

from Latin conglobare, from com- ‎(“together”) + globus ‎(“ball”)

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