conglobulate en · VERB
Etymology
From con- + globule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(intransitive, rare) To collect together into a compact round mass.
‘Swallows certainly sleep all the winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the red of a river.’
1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 393:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conglobulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| conglobulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| conglobulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| conglobulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |