congregate

Definition

To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.

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.

Example Sentences

• "Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church."
• "The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas."
• "Cold congregates all bodies."

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