Congregate

['kɒŋgrɪgeɪt] or ['kɑŋɡrɪɡet]

Definition

(verb.) come together, usually for a purpose; 'The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve'.

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Definition

(a.) Collected; compact; close.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To come together; to assemble; to meet.

Typist: Robbie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Assemble, collect, muster, gather, convene, convoke, bring together.

v. n. Assemble, meet, come together, meet together.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See AGGREGATE]

Checker: Maryann

Definition

v.t. to gather together: to assemble.—v.i. to flock together.—p.adj. Congregat′ed assembled: aggregated.—n. Congregā′tion the act of congregating: an assemblage of persons or things: (O.T.) a name given to the children of Israel: a body of people united to worship in a particular church: the name given to the body of Protestant Reformers in Scotland in the time of Mary.—adj. Congregā′tional pertaining to a congregation.—ns. Congregā′tionalism a form of church government in which each congregation is independent in the management of its own affairs—also called Independency; Congregā′tionalist adherent of Congregationalism.

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