Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to congregate
Participle: congregated
Gerund: congregating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | congregate |
| you | congregate |
| he;she;it | congregates |
| we | congregate |
| you | congregate |
| they | congregate |
Perfect
| I | have congregated |
| you | have congregated |
| he;she;it | has congregated |
| we | have congregated |
| you | have congregated |
| they | have congregated |
Past
| I | congregated |
| you | congregated |
| he;she;it | congregated |
| we | congregated |
| you | congregated |
| they | congregated |
Pluperfect
| I | had congregated |
| you | had congregated |
| he;she;it | had congregated |
| we | had congregated |
| you | had congregated |
| they | had congregated |
Future
| I | will congregate |
| you | will congregate |
| he;she;it | will congregate |
| we | will congregate |
| you | will congregate |
| they | will congregate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have congregated |
| you | will have congregated |
| he;she;it | will have congregated |
| we | will have congregated |
| you | will have congregated |
| they | will have congregated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | congregate |
| you | congregate |
| he;she;it | congregate |
| we | congregate |
| you | congregate |
| they | congregate |
Perfect
| I | have congregated |
| you | have congregated |
| he;she;it | have congregated |
| we | have congregated |
| you | have congregated |
| they | have congregated |
Imperfect
| I | congregated |
| you | congregated |
| he;she;it | congregated |
| we | congregated |
| you | congregated |
| they | congregated |
Pluperfect
| I | had congregated |
| you | had congregated |
| he;she;it | had congregated |
| we | had congregated |
| you | had congregated |
| they | had congregated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would congregate |
| you | would congregate |
| he;she;it | would congregate |
| we | would congregate |
| you | would congregate |
| they | would congregate |
Perfect
| I | would have congregated |
| you | would have congregated |
| he;she;it | would have congregated |
| we | would have congregated |
| you | would have congregated |
| they | would have congregated |
Imperative
| you | congregate |
| we | Let's congregate |
| you | congregate |
Verbs conjugated like 'congregate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'congregate'
coaggregate,
concreate,
consegregate,
cosegregate,
recongregate,
aggregate,
co-create,
cocreate,
concrete,
congenerate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to come together as a group
- assemble, begather, collect, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, pack, team, team up, throng
- gather
- meet, convene, assemble, flock, throng, converge, cluster
Antonyms
- gather
- distribute, disperse, disseminate, dispense
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1400, from L. congregatus, pp. of congregare "to herd together," from com- "together" + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather," from grex (gen. gregis) "a flock." Congregation is from c.1340, used by Tyndale to translate Gk. ekklesia in New Testament, and preferred by 16c. Reformers instead of church; hence the word's main modern sense of "local society of believers" (1526), and Congregational, the Protestant sect, from 1639.
2. The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Sample Sentences
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Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. [[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. [1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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Cold congregates all bodies. [1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:]
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And here I would observe, that love of admiration seems scarcely to be properly appreciated; it is the only bond of society—we could not otherwise endure each other. It is the true source of the sublime, and, my conscience obliges me to add, of the ridiculous. Still, it is the strong necessity of admiring each other, and the being admired in our turn, that has built cities, congregated multitudes, and organised what we call our present state of civilisation. [1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 68:]
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Even there where merchants most do congregate. [c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]