Con″gre‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Congregated; p. pr. & vb. n.Congregating] 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.