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congregate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/ (UK)

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.

Meanings

  1. (as a participle, obsolete) Congregated.
    • VVith all the Gods about him congregate: c. 1597–1598, Edmund Spenser, “Two Cantos of Mutabilitie: […]. Book VII, Canto VI.”, in The Faerie Queene, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, published 1609, →OCLC, stanza 19, page 355:
  2. (obsolete) Congregated (organized on a congregational basis).
    • congregate churches
  3. (rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
    • With this reservation, therefore, we proceed to human philosophy or humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate or distributively, the other congregate or in society; so as human philosophy is either simple and particular, or conjugate and civil. 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book II, Chapter IX:

Forms

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most congregate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more congregate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

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congregate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/ (UK)

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.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural, obsolete) Assembled persons.
    • That the congregates may frankelie shew their minds upon such matters as are to come before them. 1587, William Harrison, Description of England, II. viii:

Forms

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congregates canonical lexicographic

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congregate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
    • Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
    • The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. 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:
    • 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. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 68:
    • Cold congregates all bodies. 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:
  2. (intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.
    • Even there where merchants most do congregate. 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]:

Forms

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congregates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
congregating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
congregated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
congregated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

recongregate · congregator · uncongregated · congregative

Relateds

congregation

Synonyms

aggroup · league · gather up · press · gather · compact · assemble · thrutch · togetherize · gather · group · mass · thring · mass · forgather · bracket · assemble · gather · herd · pack · crowd · gather up · mass · confer · meet up · congregate · amass · congregate · team · forgather · round up · herd · corral · throng · assemble · begather · team up · aggregate · team · fall in with · begather · bring together · flock · congress · bring together · muster · meet · group · team up · collect · collect

Translations (31)

fi kokoontua (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · de zusammenkommen (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · ca congregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · ru собира́ться (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · ia congregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · fi kerääntyä (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi huihui (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · de ansammeln (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · bg струпвам се (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi hui (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi kāpunipuni (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi popō (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · de versammeln (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · es congregarse (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · pt congregar (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · ru собира́ть (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · es congregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · bg събирам се (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · pt congregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · mi ikapahi (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · gl congregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · az yığışmaq (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi whakamine (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · unm maèhëla (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · ia congregar se (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · qu huñunakuy (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · bg струпвам (To collect into an assembly or assemblage) · chr ᎠᎾᏓᏟᏏᎭ (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi popō (To come together; to assemble; to meet) · mi whakaopeti (To come together; to assemble; to meet)

wikipedia: Early Modern English · wikipedia: Middle English