congregate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb come together, usually for a purpose
    • The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve

WordNet

Con"gre*gate adjective
Etymology
L. congregatus, p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.
Definitions
  1. Collected; compact; close. R. Bacon.
Con"gre*gate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Congregated; present participle & verbal noun Congregating
Definitions
  1. 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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To come together; to assemble; to meet.
    Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.

Webster 1913