congregate
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congregate
- /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/ UK
- /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
verb congregates · congregating · congregated
- 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.
- To come together; to assemble; to meet. Even there where merchants most do congregate.
adjective more congregate · most congregate
- Congregated. VVith all the Gods about him congregate:
- Congregated (organized on a congregational basis). congregate churches
- 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.
noun congregates
- Assembled persons. That the congregates may frankelie shew their minds upon such matters as are to come before them.
