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conglobe, v.|kənˈgləʊb|
[a. F. conglobe-r (16th c. in Paré), ad. L. conglobāre to conglobate.]
To gather or form into a ball or globe, or a rounded compact mass. Also fig. a. trans.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 329 His ennimeis..Conglobit war togidder in ane glen. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 123 Vnsatiable Art-searching Aristotle, that in the round compendiate bladder of thy braine, conglobedst these three great bodies, Heauen, Earth, and..Waters. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 239 Then founded, then conglob'd Like things to like. 1742Pope Dunc. iv. 79 Orb in orb, conglob'd are seen The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen. 1839Bailey Festus xx. (1848) 254 All elements Conglobe themselves from chaos, purified. 1882Seeley Nat. Relig. 236 The influence which draws together and conglobes certain individuals into a living society.
b. intr. (for refl.)
1600W. Watson Quodlibets Relig. & St. (1602) 3 Hereupon the fire..conglobed together in the highest cloud. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 292 As drops on dust conglobing from the drie. 1715–20Pope Iliad xvii. 498 The big round drops..Conglobing on the dust. 1880Browning Pan & Luna 50 The downy swathes [of cloud] combine, Conglobe.
Hence conˈglobed ppl. a.
1822T. Taylor tr. Apuleius iv. 86 In a condensed and conglobed band. |