Ag"gre*gate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggregated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." Milton.

2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated.
Wollaston.

3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

Ag"gre*gate (&?;), a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

The aggregate testimony of many hundreds.
Sir T. Browne.

2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

5. (Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

Ag"gre*gate, n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

&fist; In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound.

2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

• A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
  
• A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
  
• The full chromatic or the set of all twelve pitch classes, usually presented by two or more voices near-simultaneously in hexachords. (DeLone et. al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 6)
  
• Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. (technical)
  
• Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up
  
• consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  
• Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
  
• Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  
• Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  
• United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
  
• (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. The aggregated soil.
  
• (transitive) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
  
• (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.