Congregate

(kŏng'gre-gāt, 82), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONGREGATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONGREGATING.] [Lat. congregare, congregatum, from con and gregare, to collect into a flock, from grex, flock, herd.] To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a crowd or united body. “Congregated waters.” Milton.

Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker.

Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge.

a. [Lat. congregatus, p. p. of congregare.] Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.