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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Conglomerate

Con-glöm'er-ate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare, to roll together, from con and glomerare, to wind into a ball, from glomus, a ball, allied with globus, ball.]

  1. Gathered together into a mass; collected; as, conglomerate rays of light. Bacon.
  2. (Anat.) Composed of lobes or lobules united under one membrane.

Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.

  1. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray.
  2. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together. Dana.

Con-glōm'er-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. CONGLOMERATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONGLOMERATING.] [Lat. conglomerate.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a round mass. “Conglomerated shells.” Boyle.

Con-glōm'er-ate, n.

noun
  1. That which is heaped together in a mass; collection; accumulation. “A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together.” Trench.
  2. (Geol.) A rock, composed of pebbles cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, silicious, or argillaceous. Innes.