Con"gre*gate (?), a. [L.
congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate;
on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr.
grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected;
compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
Con"gre*gate (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Congregated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Congregating] 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.
Any multitude of Christian men congregated
may be termed by the name of a church.
Hooker.
Cold congregates all bodies.
Coleridge.
The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas.
Milton.
Con"gre*gate, v. i. To come
together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do
congregate.
Shak.
