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Thesaurus: congregate

Collected; compact; close.

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  1. a. Collected; compact; close.
  2. 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.
  3. v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet.
  4. v. come together, usually for a purpose
  5. Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon. 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. To come together; to assemble; to meet. Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.
  6. Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
  7. v:100 v. come together, usually for a purpose