Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Congregate
Con′gre·gate (kŏn̲′grē·gāt), a. [L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
Con′gre·gate (·gāt), 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.