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Webster 1913 Edition

Congregate

Con′gre-gate

,
Adj.
[L.
congregatus
, p. p. of
congregare
to congregate;
on-
+
gregare
to collect into a flock, fr.
grex
flock, herd. See
Gregarious
.]
Collected; compact; close.
[R.]
Bacon.

Con′gre-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Congregated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Congregating
]
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.

Con′gre-gate

,
Verb.
I.
To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do
congregate
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Congregate

CONGREGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., a herd. See Gregarious.] To collect separate persons or things into an assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a crowd or united body; as, to congregate men or animals; to congregate waters or sands.

CONGREGATE

,
Verb.
I.
To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Equals with equals often congregate.

CONGREGATE

,
Adj.
Collected; compact; close. [Little used.]

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