Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON'GRE-GATE
CON'GRE-GATE, v.t. [L. congrego; con and grex, a herd, W. gre. See Gregarious.]
To collect separate persons or things into an assemblage: to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a crowd or united body; as, to congregate men or animals; to congregate waters or sands. – Hooker. Milton. Shak.
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