congregatea.[L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected; compact; close.(Bacon.)v. t. 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.)v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet.()Even there where merchants most do congregate. (Shak.)