con·gre·gate /-ˌget/
(vt.)(vi.)(使)集合,(使)聚集(a.)集合在一起的,集體的
Con·gre·gate a. Collected; compact; close. [R.]
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.
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.
Con·gre·gate, v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do congregate. --Shak.
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congregate
adj : brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated
letters in my office" [syn: accumulated, amassed, assembled,
collected, massed]
v : come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds
congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"