单词 | congregate |
释义 | congregate —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.) < L congregatus (ptp. of congregare to flock together), equiv. to con- CON- + greg- (s. of grex) flock + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. gather, collect, throng, cluster. |
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