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<h1>Conglobate</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*glo"bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Conglobated</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Conglobating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Conglore</er>.]</ety> <def>To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.</def>

<blockquote><b>Conglobated</b> bubbles undissolved. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conglobation</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con`glo*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conglobatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conglobation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of forming into a ball.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A round body.</def>

<h1>Conglobe</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*globe"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. </tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Conglobed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Conglobing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>conglobare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conglober</ets>. Cf. <er>Conglobate</er>.]</ety> <def>To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.</def>

<blockquote>Then founded, then <b>conglobed</b> Like things to like. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conglobe</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*globe"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Conglobulate</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*glob"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>globule</ets>.]</ety> <def>To gather into a small round mass.</def>

<h1>Conglomerate</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*glom"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conglomeratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>conglomerare</ets> to roll together; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>glomerare</ets> to wind into a ball. See <er>Glomerate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; <as>as, <ex>conglomerate</ex> rays of light</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Beams of light when they are multiplied and <b>conglomerate</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and <b>conglomerate</b> glands. <i>Cheyne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Closely crowded together; densly clustered; <as>as, <ex>conglomerate</ex> flowers</as>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.</def>

<h1>Conglomerate</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*glom"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>conglomerate</b> of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to <i>agglomerate</i>. See <er>Breccia</er>.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>conglomerate</b>, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. <i>Lyell.</i></blockquote>

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