'Congregate' definitions:
Definition of 'congregate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
Definition of 'Congregate'
From: GCIDE
- Congregate \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Congregate'
From: GCIDE
- Congregate \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. [1913 Webster]
- Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Cold congregates all bodies. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Congregate'
From: GCIDE
- Congregate \Con"gre*gate\, v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet. [1913 Webster]
- Even there where merchants most do congregate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'congregate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemble,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- clot,
- cluster,
- collect,
- come together,
- congress,
- converge,
- copulate,
- couple,
- crowd,
- date,
- flock together,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- fuse,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- herd together,
- hive,
- horde,
- huddle,
- league,
- link,
- mass,
- meet,
- merge,
- mill,
- muster,
- raise,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rendezvous,
- seethe,
- stream,
- surge,
- swarm,
- teem,
- throng,
- unite