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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be
termed by the name of a church. --Hooker.
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Cold congregates all bodies. --Coleridge.
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The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas. --Milton.
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