congregate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: congregates
form: congregating
form: congregated
form: congregated
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Senses: examples: text: Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Cold congregates all bodies.
ref: 1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
text: And here I would observe, that love of admiration seems scarcely to be properly appreciated; it is the only bond of society—we could not otherwise endure each other. It is the true source of the sublime, and, my conscience obliges me to add, of the ridiculous. Still, it is the strong necessity of admiring each other, and the being admired in our turn, that has built cities, congregated multitudes, and organised what we call our present state of civilisation.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 68:
synonyms: word: amass
word: assemble
word: compact
word: bring together
word: gather
word: mass
word: aggregate
word: aggroup
word: bring together
word: collect
word: confer
word: congregate
word: gather
word: gather up
word: group
word: herd
word: mass
word: round up
word: team
word: team up
word: togetherize
glosses: To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
examples: text: Even there where merchants most do congregate.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
synonyms: word: assemble
word: begather
word: forgather
word: assemble
word: begather
word: collect
word: congregate
word: congress
word: crowd
word: fall in with
word: flock
word: forgather
word: gather
word: gather up
word: group
word: herd
word: league
word: mass
word: meet
word: meet up
word: muster
word: pack
word: press
word: team
word: team up
word: thring
word: throng
word: thrutch
glosses: To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Derived terms: congregative
congregator
recongregate
uncongregated
Related terms: congregation