Congregate
Congregate , adjective
[Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, from grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
Collected; compact; close. [Rare] — Bacon
Congregate , transitive verb
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.
Cold congregates all bodies.
The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas.
Congregate , intransitive verb
To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do congregate.