conglomerateadj.n.

/kənˈɡlɒmərət/

Etymology: < Latin conglomerātus, past participle of conglomerāre : see conglomerate v.

A. adj.

1. Gathered together into a more or less rounded mass, or consisting of parts so gathered; clustered. Also figurative.

†a. as past participle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > agglomerated or conglomerated

conglomerate1572

inglomerated1592

conglomerated1656

agglomerated1726

agglomerate1805

clubbed1821

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 118^v Certain trees..bring forth fruit conglomerate with leaues.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §267 The Beams of Light, when they are multiplied and conglomerate.

b. as adj. (In modern use often figurative from sense A. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [adjective]

compoundc1400

jointc1400

pieced1419

mixed?a1425

complexionatec1430

partyc1500

concrete1536

compost?1541

united1567

composed1570

compounded1570

integral1588

compositive1601

integrate1601

complicate1638

complexa1652

complicated1667

composite1678

co-unala1711

conglomerate1835

polylithic1961

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 246/1 [Insects] have conglomerate or compound eyes.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 113 This close conglomerate English speech.

1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. ii. 42 All the positive religions in the world..are alike conglomerate formations.

2. Physiology. Applied to glands of a compound or complex structure; formerly, as distinguished from the simple conglobate adj. glands of the lymphatics.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective]

pituita1598

pituitary1615

lymphatic1649

conglomerated1656

conglobate1666

conglomerate1666

conglobated1676

lymphic1681

conglobulate1709

sudoriferous1713

sudorific1721

sebaceous1728

trajectory1747

cryptal1754

cryptous1804

muciparous1825

racemose1834

racemiform1837

ganglionary1842

muciferous1842

sudoriparous1851

sebiparous1853

racemous1854

sebiferous1858

perilymphangial1873

lymphadenoid1877

perilymphatic1877

mucigenous1881

pituital1890

tubuloracemosec1900

acinic1903

holocrine1905

merocrine1905

exocrine1911

endocrine1914

endocrinic1914

endocrinous1914

endocrinal1923

apocrine1926

eccrine1931

psychoendocrine1946

acinar1949

nodal1954

mucigenic1965

1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 177.

1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 889 Concerning the Liver..finding it to have Lobes and to be a Glandul of that kind, which by Anatomists are called Conglomerate.

1785 Anat. Dialogues (ed. 2) 43 A conglomerate gland is that which is composed of several little conglobate glands, all tied up together, in one common tunicle or membrane.

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxvii. 516 In the cartilaginous fishes..the pancreas exhibits a more perfect developement, and already presents the appearance of a conglomerate gland.

1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Conglomerate glands, a synonym of Acinous glands.

3. Pathology.

a. Applied to cartilaginous tumours in the neighbourhood of the parotid gland.

ΚΠ

1870 J. Paget Lect. Surg. Pathol. (ed. 3) 520 (note) Mr. Cæsar Hawkins described them..as conglomerate tumours.

b. Applied to certain compound Tubercles.

ΚΠ

1875 tr. G. E. von Rindfleisch in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. V. 641 The tubercles are often aggregated in groups (Virchow's conglomerate tubercles).

4. Geology. Composed of the fragments of pre-existing rocks cemented together; of the nature of or forming a conglomerate: see sense B. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > conglomerate

farcilitic1799

conglomerate1815

conglomeritic1833

conglomeratic1849

conglomerated1882

1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) x. 225 The debris of pre-existing rocks broken down and cemented together, as in various conglomerate rocks.

1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xiii. 217 A perpendicular cliff of conglomerate rock formed of rounded pebbles cemented together.

1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xv. 253 A cliff of conglomerate pebbles.

B. n. The adjective used absol. [Compare modern French conglomérat.]

a. Geology (= conglomerate rock.) A composite rock consisting of rounded and waterworn fragments of previously existing rocks, united into a compact mass by some kind of cement; often called pudding-stone. (Cf. breccia n.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > conglomerate

plum-pudding stone1739

puddingstone1752

farcilite1799

glandulite1811

glutenite1811

conglomerate1818

ophthalmite1954

1818 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. (ed. 3) 145 When a sandstone contains rounded masses of considerable dimensions, it is termed a conglomerate.

1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. iv. 207 Conglomerates alternating with greenish sandstone and variously coloured marls.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 242 This shell conglomerate is largely burnt for lime.

attributive.1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 272 The conglomerate hills extend through Ross-shire.

b. transferred.

ΚΠ

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxx. 259 Thus, dried apples became..a conglomerate of sliced chalcedony.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xi. 116 A conglomerate of gravel and ice.

2. figurative. A mixture of various materials or elements, clustered together without assimilation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture

hotchpotc1405

hodge-podgec1426

omnigatherum?a1430

mishmashc1475

peasemeala1525

omnium gatherum1530

mingle1548

hotchpotch1549

mingle-mangle1549

gallimaufry1551

rhapsody1574

sauce-medley1579

pell-mellc1586

linsey-woolsey1592

wilderness1594

brewage1599

motley1609

macaronic1611

medley1618

olla podridaa1635

farragoa1637

consarcination1640

porridge1642

olio1645

bisque1653

mélange1653

hash1660

jumble1661

farrage1698

capilotade1705

jargon1710

salmagundi1761

pasticcio1785

pea meal1789

ollapod1804

mixty-maxty1818

macédoine1820

ragbag1820

haggis1822

job lot1828

allsorts1831

conglomerate1837

pot-pourri1841

chow-chow1850

breccia1873

pastiche1873

macaroni1884

mixed bag1919

casserole1930

mixed bunch1958

rattle-bag1982

mulligan1993

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. Introd. 484 The English language is a conglomerate of Latin words, bound together in a Saxon cement.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 57 In that immense conglomerate of useful and useless knowledge.

3. A large business group or industrial corporation resulting from the merging of originally separate and diverse commercial enterprises.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > conglomerate

horizontal combine1927

group1930

conglomerate1967

1967 Economist 11 Feb. 553/4 Textron Inc., a leading ‘conglomerate’—its 28 divisions sell everything from chickens to rocket engines.

1970 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 9/1 Now there is scarcely an up-to-date conglomerate without a publishing operation embedded somewhere in its diversified mass.

1970 Sci. Amer. Mar. 31/2 A zaibatsu is similar to a U.S. conglomerate, which is also a group of unrelated companies under sophisticated financial management.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

conglomeratev.

/kənˈɡlɒməreɪt/

Etymology: < Latin conglomerāt- participial stem of conglomerāre to roll, heap, or press together, < con + glomerāre to form into a ball, < glomer- (glomus) ball.

†1. transitive. To roll or wind (thread) into a ball.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > wind > in specific way

reelc1400

conglomerate1623

spool1623

sleavea1628

agglomerate1658

skein1775

hank1818

pirn1818

lease1884

cross-reel1890

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Conglomerate, to winde vp on bottomes.

1662 H. More Immortality of Soul (ed. 2) iii. xiii. 203, in Coll. Several Philos. Writings This suggests..the fancy..to the Silk-worm of conglomerating her both funeral and natal Clue.

†2. To form into a ball or (more or less) rounded mass; to heap up, heap together. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular > form into spherical mass

conglobe1535

ball1577

conglomerate1596

to round up1615

conglobate1635

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > heap or pile up

heapc1000

ruck?c1225

ruckle?c1225

givelc1300

upheap1469

binga1522

pilec1540

copa1552

bank1577

hill1581

plet1584

conglomerate1596

acervate1623

coacervate1623

tilea1643

aggest1655

coacerve1660

pyramida1666

aggerate1693

big1716

bepilea1726

clamp1742

bulk1822

pang1898

1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. F2^v My sighes doe so conglomerate the cloudes.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 87 Vapours..are thickened and conglomerated by the cold into clouds.

1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) ii. 71 Choakt up with..dust, conglomerated into dirt.

1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. iv. 59 The Viscera of an Animal, are but Vessels conglomerated.

figurative.1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 6 Consider well how I have conglomerated this atchievement of erudition.

3. To collect (separate particles or elements) into a coherent mass. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

coact1578

agglomerate1645

conglomerate1796

a1691 [see conglomerated adj. at Derivatives].

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 502 Because the Nobility and Clergy are conglomerated into one mass with the People.

1865 F. Oakeley Hist. Notes 77 To conglomerate and cement the various forms of Tractarianism into something like a consistent whole.

4. intransitive. To come together or collect into a (more or less) rounded mass, or (transferred) into a compact body; to cluster together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > take curved three-dimensional shape [verb (intransitive)] > become spherical or globular > become spherical mass

conglobe1600

conglomerate1642

conglobate1646

ball1735

conglobulate1791

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > collect in one mass or body > accumulate > agglomerate or conglomerate

knota1616

agglomerate1632

conglomerate1642

1642 Ord. & Declar. both Houses, Lords Day 7 They conglomerated and gathered together to the number of 20 or 25.

1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. i. 67 Such a noyse of Bees commonly make when they conglomerate.

1795 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 189 Their armies have conglomerated.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 554 When put into boiling water it conglomerates into a resinous mass.

Derivatives

conglomerated adj. clustered, etc.; spec. in Physiology and Geology = conglomerate adj. 2, 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective]

pituita1598

pituitary1615

lymphatic1649

conglomerated1656

conglobate1666

conglomerate1666

conglobated1676

lymphic1681

conglobulate1709

sudoriferous1713

sudorific1721

sebaceous1728

trajectory1747

cryptal1754

cryptous1804

muciparous1825

racemose1834

racemiform1837

ganglionary1842

muciferous1842

sudoriparous1851

sebiparous1853

racemous1854

sebiferous1858

perilymphangial1873

lymphadenoid1877

perilymphatic1877

mucigenous1881

pituital1890

tubuloracemosec1900

acinic1903

holocrine1905

merocrine1905

exocrine1911

endocrine1914

endocrinic1914

endocrinous1914

endocrinal1923

apocrine1926

eccrine1931

psychoendocrine1946

acinar1949

nodal1954

mucigenic1965

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > made into spherical mass

balled?a1450

conglobate1649

conglomerated1656

conglobated1668

conglobular1741

conglobed1822

inglobate1852

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > agglomerated or conglomerated

conglomerate1572

inglomerated1592

conglomerated1656

agglomerated1726

agglomerate1805

clubbed1821

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > conglomerate

farcilitic1799

conglomerate1815

conglomeritic1833

conglomeratic1849

conglomerated1882

1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. v. 113 My conglomerated curses go with thee.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) II. 81 (R.) Conglomerated shells.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iv. §21 The Liver, is one great Conglomerated Gland, composed of innumerable small Glands.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Kidney, a Conglomerated Gland.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 119 Watching the clouds as they lowered above each other in masses of conglomerated vapours.

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. i. §3 Conglomerated (conglomeratic), made up of well-rounded pebbles or rocks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	conglomerate
释义	conglomerateadj.n. /kənˈɡlɒmərət/ Etymology: < Latin conglomerātus, past participle of conglomerāre : see conglomerate v. A. adj. 1. Gathered together into a more or less rounded mass, or consisting of parts so gathered; clustered. Also figurative. †a. as past participle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > agglomerated or conglomerated conglomerate1572 inglomerated1592 conglomerated1656 agglomerated1726 agglomerate1805 clubbed1821 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 118^v Certain trees..bring forth fruit conglomerate with leaues. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §267 The Beams of Light, when they are multiplied and conglomerate. b. as adj. (In modern use often figurative from sense A. 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [adjective] compoundc1400 jointc1400 pieced1419 mixed?a1425 complexionatec1430 partyc1500 concrete1536 compost?1541 united1567 composed1570 compounded1570 integral1588 compositive1601 integrate1601 complicate1638 complexa1652 complicated1667 composite1678 co-unala1711 conglomerate1835 polylithic1961 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 246/1 [Insects] have conglomerate or compound eyes. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 113 This close conglomerate English speech. 1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. ii. 42 All the positive religions in the world..are alike conglomerate formations. 2. Physiology. Applied to glands of a compound or complex structure; formerly, as distinguished from the simple conglobate adj. glands of the lymphatics. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective] pituita1598 pituitary1615 lymphatic1649 conglomerated1656 conglobate1666 conglomerate1666 conglobated1676 lymphic1681 conglobulate1709 sudoriferous1713 sudorific1721 sebaceous1728 trajectory1747 cryptal1754 cryptous1804 muciparous1825 racemose1834 racemiform1837 ganglionary1842 muciferous1842 sudoriparous1851 sebiparous1853 racemous1854 sebiferous1858 perilymphangial1873 lymphadenoid1877 perilymphatic1877 mucigenous1881 pituital1890 tubuloracemosec1900 acinic1903 holocrine1905 merocrine1905 exocrine1911 endocrine1914 endocrinic1914 endocrinous1914 endocrinal1923 apocrine1926 eccrine1931 psychoendocrine1946 acinar1949 nodal1954 mucigenic1965 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 177. 1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 889 Concerning the Liver..finding it to have Lobes and to be a Glandul of that kind, which by Anatomists are called Conglomerate. 1785 Anat. Dialogues (ed. 2) 43 A conglomerate gland is that which is composed of several little conglobate glands, all tied up together, in one common tunicle or membrane. 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxvii. 516 In the cartilaginous fishes..the pancreas exhibits a more perfect developement, and already presents the appearance of a conglomerate gland. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Conglomerate glands, a synonym of Acinous glands. 3. Pathology. a. Applied to cartilaginous tumours in the neighbourhood of the parotid gland. ΚΠ 1870 J. Paget Lect. Surg. Pathol. (ed. 3) 520 (note) Mr. Cæsar Hawkins described them..as conglomerate tumours. b. Applied to certain compound Tubercles. ΚΠ 1875 tr. G. E. von Rindfleisch in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. V. 641 The tubercles are often aggregated in groups (Virchow's conglomerate tubercles). 4. Geology. Composed of the fragments of pre-existing rocks cemented together; of the nature of or forming a conglomerate: see sense B. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > conglomerate farcilitic1799 conglomerate1815 conglomeritic1833 conglomeratic1849 conglomerated1882 1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) x. 225 The debris of pre-existing rocks broken down and cemented together, as in various conglomerate rocks. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xiii. 217 A perpendicular cliff of conglomerate rock formed of rounded pebbles cemented together. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xv. 253 A cliff of conglomerate pebbles. B. n. The adjective used absol. [Compare modern French conglomérat.] 1. a. Geology (= conglomerate rock.) A composite rock consisting of rounded and waterworn fragments of previously existing rocks, united into a compact mass by some kind of cement; often called pudding-stone. (Cf. breccia n.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > conglomerate plum-pudding stone1739 puddingstone1752 farcilite1799 glandulite1811 glutenite1811 conglomerate1818 ophthalmite1954 1818 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. (ed. 3) 145 When a sandstone contains rounded masses of considerable dimensions, it is termed a conglomerate. 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. iv. 207 Conglomerates alternating with greenish sandstone and variously coloured marls. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 242 This shell conglomerate is largely burnt for lime. attributive.1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 272 The conglomerate hills extend through Ross-shire. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxx. 259 Thus, dried apples became..a conglomerate of sliced chalcedony. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xi. 116 A conglomerate of gravel and ice. 2. figurative. A mixture of various materials or elements, clustered together without assimilation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture hotchpotc1405 hodge-podgec1426 omnigatherum?a1430 mishmashc1475 peasemeala1525 omnium gatherum1530 mingle1548 hotchpotch1549 mingle-mangle1549 gallimaufry1551 rhapsody1574 sauce-medley1579 pell-mellc1586 linsey-woolsey1592 wilderness1594 brewage1599 motley1609 macaronic1611 medley1618 olla podridaa1635 farragoa1637 consarcination1640 porridge1642 olio1645 bisque1653 mélange1653 hash1660 jumble1661 farrage1698 capilotade1705 jargon1710 salmagundi1761 pasticcio1785 pea meal1789 ollapod1804 mixty-maxty1818 macédoine1820 ragbag1820 haggis1822 job lot1828 allsorts1831 conglomerate1837 pot-pourri1841 chow-chow1850 breccia1873 pastiche1873 macaroni1884 mixed bag1919 casserole1930 mixed bunch1958 rattle-bag1982 mulligan1993 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xviii. Introd. 484 The English language is a conglomerate of Latin words, bound together in a Saxon cement. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 57 In that immense conglomerate of useful and useless knowledge. 3. A large business group or industrial corporation resulting from the merging of originally separate and diverse commercial enterprises. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > conglomerate horizontal combine1927 group1930 conglomerate1967 1967 Economist 11 Feb. 553/4 Textron Inc., a leading ‘conglomerate’—its 28 divisions sell everything from chickens to rocket engines. 1970 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 9/1 Now there is scarcely an up-to-date conglomerate without a publishing operation embedded somewhere in its diversified mass. 1970 Sci. Amer. Mar. 31/2 A zaibatsu is similar to a U.S. conglomerate, which is also a group of unrelated companies under sophisticated financial management. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). conglomeratev. /kənˈɡlɒməreɪt/ Etymology: < Latin conglomerāt- participial stem of conglomerāre to roll, heap, or press together, < con + glomerāre to form into a ball, < glomer- (glomus) ball. †1. transitive. To roll or wind (thread) into a ball. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > wind > in specific way reelc1400 conglomerate1623 spool1623 sleavea1628 agglomerate1658 skein1775 hank1818 pirn1818 lease1884 cross-reel1890 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Conglomerate, to winde vp on bottomes. 1662 H. More Immortality of Soul (ed. 2) iii. xiii. 203, in Coll. Several Philos. Writings This suggests..the fancy..to the Silk-worm of conglomerating her both funeral and natal Clue. †2. To form into a ball or (more or less) rounded mass; to heap up, heap together. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular > form into spherical mass conglobe1535 ball1577 conglomerate1596 to round up1615 conglobate1635 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > heap or pile up heapc1000 ruck?c1225 ruckle?c1225 givelc1300 upheap1469 binga1522 pilec1540 copa1552 bank1577 hill1581 plet1584 conglomerate1596 acervate1623 coacervate1623 tilea1643 aggest1655 coacerve1660 pyramida1666 aggerate1693 big1716 bepilea1726 clamp1742 bulk1822 pang1898 1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. F2^v My sighes doe so conglomerate the cloudes. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 87 Vapours..are thickened and conglomerated by the cold into clouds. 1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) ii. 71 Choakt up with..dust, conglomerated into dirt. 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. iv. 59 The Viscera of an Animal, are but Vessels conglomerated. figurative.1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 6 Consider well how I have conglomerated this atchievement of erudition. 3. To collect (separate particles or elements) into a coherent mass. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > agglomerate or conglomerate coact1578 agglomerate1645 conglomerate1796 a1691 [see conglomerated adj. at Derivatives]. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 502 Because the Nobility and Clergy are conglomerated into one mass with the People. 1865 F. Oakeley Hist. Notes 77 To conglomerate and cement the various forms of Tractarianism into something like a consistent whole. 4. intransitive. To come together or collect into a (more or less) rounded mass, or (transferred) into a compact body; to cluster together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > take curved three-dimensional shape [verb (intransitive)] > become spherical or globular > become spherical mass conglobe1600 conglomerate1642 conglobate1646 ball1735 conglobulate1791 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > collect in one mass or body > accumulate > agglomerate or conglomerate knota1616 agglomerate1632 conglomerate1642 1642 Ord. & Declar. both Houses, Lords Day 7 They conglomerated and gathered together to the number of 20 or 25. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. i. 67 Such a noyse of Bees commonly make when they conglomerate. 1795 St. Papers in Ann. Reg. 189 Their armies have conglomerated. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 554 When put into boiling water it conglomerates into a resinous mass. Derivatives conglomerated adj. clustered, etc.; spec. in Physiology and Geology = conglomerate adj. 2, 4. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective] pituita1598 pituitary1615 lymphatic1649 conglomerated1656 conglobate1666 conglomerate1666 conglobated1676 lymphic1681 conglobulate1709 sudoriferous1713 sudorific1721 sebaceous1728 trajectory1747 cryptal1754 cryptous1804 muciparous1825 racemose1834 racemiform1837 ganglionary1842 muciferous1842 sudoriparous1851 sebiparous1853 racemous1854 sebiferous1858 perilymphangial1873 lymphadenoid1877 perilymphatic1877 mucigenous1881 pituital1890 tubuloracemosec1900 acinic1903 holocrine1905 merocrine1905 exocrine1911 endocrine1914 endocrinic1914 endocrinous1914 endocrinal1923 apocrine1926 eccrine1931 psychoendocrine1946 acinar1949 nodal1954 mucigenic1965 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > made into spherical mass balled?a1450 conglobate1649 conglomerated1656 conglobated1668 conglobular1741 conglobed1822 inglobate1852 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > agglomerated or conglomerated conglomerate1572 inglomerated1592 conglomerated1656 agglomerated1726 agglomerate1805 clubbed1821 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > conglomerate farcilitic1799 conglomerate1815 conglomeritic1833 conglomeratic1849 conglomerated1882 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. v. 113 My conglomerated curses go with thee. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) II. 81 (R.) Conglomerated shells. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iv. §21 The Liver, is one great Conglomerated Gland, composed of innumerable small Glands. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Kidney, a Conglomerated Gland. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 119 Watching the clouds as they lowered above each other in masses of conglomerated vapours. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. i. §3 Conglomerated (conglomeratic), made up of well-rounded pebbles or rocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.n.1572v.1596
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