congregate
Meanings
Verb
- come together, usually for a purpose
- "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
- To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
- To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Adj
- Congregated.
- Congregated (organized on a congregational basis).
- Collective; assembled; compact.
Noun
- Assembled persons.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
aggregate, aggroup, amass, assemble, begather, bring together, collect, compact, confer, congregate, congress, crowd, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, press, round up, team, team up, thring, throng, thrutch, togetherize
Scrabble Score: 14
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