congregate

Etymology

From Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare (“to congregate”), from con- (“with, together”) + gregare (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious.

adj

1. (rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
   With this reservation, therefore, we proceed to human philosophy or humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate or distributively, the other congregate or in society; so as human philosophy is either simple and particular, or conjugate and civil. 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book II, Chapter IX

verb

1. (transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
   Cold congregates all bodies.
2. (intransitive) To come together; to assemble; to meet.