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 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"