— congregative , adj. — congregativeness , n. — congregator , n.
v. /kong"gri gayt'/ ; adj. /kong"gri git, -gayt'/ , v. , congregated, congregating , adj.
v.i.
1. to come together; assemble, esp. in large numbers: People waiting for rooms congregated in the hotel lobby.
v.t.
2. to bring together in a crowd, body, or mass; assemble; collect.
adj.
3. congregated; assembled.
4. formed by collecting; collective.
[ 1350-1400; ME (adj.) congregatus (ptp. of congregare to flock together), equiv. to con- CON- + greg- (s. of grex ) flock + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. gather, collect, throng, cluster.