congeriate 
congeriatet (kon-je'ri-al), r. /. [< conyerien + 
-nl<-.\ To pilr up; heap together. COM*, 1717. 
Congeries (k>m-je'ri-e/), . shii/. or lit. [ = V. 
roni/rrii- = ,Sp. |'g. It. cottgrrii; < L. <<>/< ;(>*, 
Wllllt is brought together. II pill', < I-IIHI/I Ii n . 
bring togel licr, collect : src i-innji xl. ] A colh-c- 
liiin of several particles nr bOCHM in one BUM 
or aggregate; an assemblage or accumulation 
of tilings; a conihiiiat ion ; an aggregation: a 
heap. 
I'll.' :iir i> notliin- lint | i heap of small . . . 
loxfide putklM oj MTtnl /;' 
'I'l "ii'iffu-it of hunt ami water, or inir glnbe. 
\ }:iL-, VI. III. 9. 
Tin- system to whi. h niir Min l>cl<in. I ilc 
Scribed U." a n-rj i MeliMVe bram-hm ot many 
mtlUonaof Mu*. 1 A.M. Citric v i m r.'thcvni., p. -.ii. 
congeroid (kong'ger-oid), n. and H. [< riniii, /' 
+ -oiil. ('(. miii/rniil.] Slime as i-mii/miil. .Sir 
f. Iticttttrtlxiiii. 
congest (Uon -jest'), r. I. [< I.. cdHi/i-xlitu, pp. 
of congi n-rr, bring together, lieap up, < nnu-, 
together, + gen-ri-, bring, carry: nee i/mt, ji-.ti, 
tnxli'f.ilii/r.il. XKI/HI-X!.'] It. To collect or gather 
into a mass or aggregate; heap together. See 
eoiigcxtcil. 
Ill Which place U < n<l' '*!<<! tin- M hole Mini of lilt those 
heads Wllii'll Ill-lore I have collccte.l. 
l-'iitli:-rliii. Alhi'omastix, p. 258. 
CuliimnleH . . . ,-un:ii'*t:-il . . . upon tlif< Inirchof Knc 
hind. Hi,. M 
M:uiy giioilly buildings, iunl frnin all pail- 
tii|iiitics, hercnh this Mitcraiun i'it> :i" in times put 
so adorned. SIIIK/I/.I. Travailcs, p. 27. 
2. In nn'il., to cause an unnatural accumulation 
of blooil in : as, the lungs may be cuiiijexteil by 
cold, 
congested (kou-jes'ted), p. a. [< congest + -*<TA] 
1. Crowded; thronged; affected by excessive 
accumulation. 
I wish that I could transplant some of our poor people 
from the congested districts of Ireland to similar comfort 
ami content, fiirtllin/illil Itrr., X. S., XXXIX. 178. 
stokes has shown that. If a vibrating system which is 
incapable of propagating waves of short period be acted 
Mp'in by such waves, there occurs a sort nf compromise, 
in which the parts of the system acted on arc thrown into 
a species i if <;,ii : i,'*t,;l oscillation. Tail, Light, | 201. 
2. In ie<1., containing an unnatural accumu- 
lation of blood ; affected with congestion : as, a 
congested liver. 
If the smaller veins and arteries are conspicuously ami 
Mphtly Injected, the part may be described simply as eon- 
'/-'"' ym, Mod. Diet., p. '266. 
COngestiblet (kon-jes'ti-bl), a. [< congest + 
-ible.~\ Capable of being collected into a mass. 
Bailey. 
congestion (kon-jes'chon), n. [= F. Sp. eon- 
= Pg. congestffo = It. congestions = D. 
= G. congestion = Dan. Sw. k 
tion, < L. eongestio(n-), a heaping up, < 
gerere, pp. eongesttut, bring together: see con- 
gest.'} If. The act of gathering or heaping to- 
gether or forming a mass; an aggregation. 
The church-yards (tho 1 some of them large enough) were 
filled up with earth, or rather the contention of dead bodys 
one upon another for want of earth. 
A:IV/I/M, Diary, Oct. 17, 1871. 
Congestion at sand, earth, and such stuff as we now see 
hills strangely fraughted with. 
Seldtn, Drayton's Polyolbion. 
2. An excessive accumulation; an overcrowded 
condition; specifically, in mert., an unnatural 
accumulation of blood in an organ or part ; hy- 
peremia : as, congestion of the lungs or of the 
brain. 
congestive (kon-jes'tiv), a. [= F. congcstif; as 
congeal + -ire."] Pertaining to congestion; in- 
dicating an unnatural accumulation of blood, 
etc., in some part of the body : as, a congestive 
chill. 
COngeyt, congeyet, and r. Obsolete forms of 
CinufCC^. 
congiary (kon'ji-a-ri), n. ; pi. congiaries (-riz). 
[< L. roiiginriiim, prop. neut. of congiarius, adj., 
holding a congius, < congiu-s, a Roman measure 
of capacity: see con</.] 1. A largess or dis- 
tribution of corn, oil, or wine, or, in later times, 
of money, among the people or soldiery of an- 
cient Rome. 
Many r:i<iiaritg and largesses which he had given 
amongst them. llnlliiinl, tr. of I.tvy, p. 980. 
2. A coin struck in commemoration of such a 
distribution. 
congiet, and i\ An obsolete form of cotigeel. 
congii, a. Plural 
COngjOUnt, . See 
congius (kou'ji-us), n.; pi. congii (-i). [L.] 1. 
A measure of capacity among the ancient Ro- 
1191 
maim, tho eighth part of tin- amphora 
an! ' "li^'lil 
n contain 
W Hie) -;l!]nn S et 1 1 1, ,-t ;t II I l|. 11 1 1 le* M! , t l|. ', ,r . ; ; 
sllp|i-. .1 rnl-l ik'' !'i li;t\e l,ei n ?u:ui'' in Iti. 
"1 till nil tlmt it ulluht til have eontailieit ml v 
:i.^7.. . gallon It liaiaUi 
IK-I-II iiiaintulne.l that the , < ui-t I -in tii.ii .,f tin, ,1 : 
inarkeil an r,- i. ut : 'i ..... lit in Ihr Ki.iH.in ii 
lit < apai ll \ 
2. In jil/nr.. a gnlliiii. 
conglaciatet (kon-gia'-iii at >. .-. ,. [< i,. ,- 
i/liii-iiitii*, pp. ill' i-niiiiliii-iiifi , turn lo ice. free/.i' 
Up, < I-OIH-, together. + illili'inri; fli-cxc. < ,///;. 
ML ice: see i/liii-ml.] To turn to ice; cou- 
Ki-al; frce/e. 
N other iloth in-<>\>vrlyc<mglaciati- but water. 
Sir I'. l:,-r,n;,,, \ulf. I'.rr., II. 1. 
COnglaciationt (kon-gla-shi-a'shon). ii. [= 
I'. i::ii<iliii-iiiii,n, |'g. cniigliii-iaciio, < h. as if 
'eonglili-liltiin n- I. < roHi/liiriiii'i . pp. ciiiiilliK'iiltil.*; 
free/cup: see conglaciate.] Congelation. 
It [a crystal | was a subject very unapt for prop 
//"<" <.'. \ ulit. Krr., Ii. 1. 
conglobate (kon-glo'bat or kon'glo-lmt), c. ; 
pret. and pp. roni/loliati-il, ppr. conglobating. [< 
it. 1'iiiit/liiliiilii.t, pp. of i-iiiii/liiliiin- ( > K. eoiiglnlii ). 
gather into a ball, < mm-, together, + moban . 
make round, < globun, a ball: see <//'/.] I. 
li-inin. To collect or form into a ball; combine 
into one mass, especially a spherical mass. 
[Rare.] 
Matter . . . rniiifliitMlti-'I before itrt dittuhitin. 
i, Review of Four Letters from Newton. 
A "sweat " distilled from his sacred liody as great and 
<-<m : il<>>nit"l " as drops of blood." 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 291. 
A mountain brook, . . . 
And, on its glassy surface, specks of foam 
Anil confflvltatnl bubble., undissolved, 
N umerous as stare. Wtirdfiporth, Excursion, iii. 
II. in trims. To assume a round or roundish 
form; become united in one round mass. 
This may after cunyltibate into the form of an egg. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Krr., iii. 7. 
conglobate (kou-glo'bat), a. [< L. conglobatug, 
Ep. : see the verb.] Formed or gathered into a 
all or a small spherical body ; combined into 
one mass. 
Heaven's gifts, which do like falling stars appear 
Scatter'd in others, all, as in their sphere, 
Were ttx'd. i-niuiltdxite in his soul. 
Drydtn, Death of Lord Hastings, 1. 35. 
Conglobate gland. See gland. - Conglobate inflores- 
cence, a globular head of nearly sessile flowers. 
conglobately (kon-glo'bat-li), mlr. In a round 
or roundish form. 
conglobation (kon-glo-ba'shon), n. [= F. con- 
glouatioii = 8p. congtobacioit = Pg. conglobaySo 
= It. conijlobazione, < L. conglobatio(n-), < con- 
i/liifxire, pp. conglobatiis, gather into a ball : see 
conglobate, r.] 1. The act of forming or gath- 
ering into a ball. 2. A round body ; a spheri- 
cal formation. 
In this spawn are discerned many specks, or little coii- 
glubationt. Sir T. Brmrne. 
conglobe (kon-glob'), v. ; pret. and pp. con- 
<jl<!bed, ppr. conglobing. [= F. conglober = Sp. 
Pg. conglobar = It. conglobare, < L'. conglobare, 
gather into a ball : see conglobate, r.] I. trann. 
To gather into a ball ; collect into a round mass. 
[Rare.] 
Then founded, then comjlobrd 
Like things to like. Milton, V. I... vii. 239. 
II. intrant. To collect and become spherical ; 
gather in a round mass. 
Drops on dust cimglobing. Milton, p. L., vil. 292. 
Tho' something like moisture mnyliibe* In my eye, 
Let no one misdeem me disloyal. 
Btiriw, To Mr. William Tytler. 
conglobulate (kpn-glob'u-lat), r. i. ; pret. and 
pp. conglobnlated, ppr. conglobulating. [< L. 
com-, together, + globulus, a globule, dim. of 
globus, a ball : see globe, and cf. conglobate, c.] 
To gather into a small round mass or globule. 
[Rare.] 
A number of them [swallows! fonglofmlate together, by 
tlunu round and round, and then all in a heap throw 
themselves under water. Joh-ntan, in Boswell, Ii v 
conglomerate (kon-glom'e-rat), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. conglomerated, ppr. conglomerating. [< L. 
conglomerate, pp. of conglomerare (> It. con- 
i/liiincrare = Sp. Pg. conglomerar = F. conglome- 
conglutinate 
2. To bring together into a mass or heap; col- 
lect unit tniiii into a whole, without r)-ganl lo 
i-ongriiily or homogeneity ; form a congluinera- 
t ion of. 
conglomerate (kon-gioin'e-i.it). ./. nnd //. [= 
F. ruiii/li'iiii I'll, II., = Sp. I'g. rti,ii/l.it,if,-inti> = 
It. 1-niiiil'tiui iii'n. ii. a.. < I.. i-'iiii/liiiiifnitiiK, pp.: 
sec the verb.] I. n. 1. HathiTed into a ball 
or ii.uifl body ; collected or cli. t her. 
( liulit Hln-11 they are inillllpli 
gftm*<iia<ggcnei,it. b..it . , iti-t 
2. Ill liiit., densely I'lustercil. 3. Ill i-iitiim., 
gathered irregularly in one or more spots, in- 
stead of being distribute]) evenly nvi-r I he sur- 
face: said of Iniirs. punctures, dots. i'tc. 4. 
Componed of heterogeneous or incongruous 
materials ; coiigloinei 
Id. lotnantic li-tthii i la, w bose ^enliiH wan ri'ii-i' 
hi and new. .S'tafiimn, Viet. F'oilv p. III. 
Conglomerate gland. Conglomerate 
rock, w M II , i 
II. n. 1. In '/'"' a rock made up of the round- 
ed and wa- 
ter-worn de- 
bris of pre- 
viously o\i-t- 
ing rocks, 
Conglomerate. polUhed mirface. 
rer), roll together, wind up, heap together, < 
coin-, together, + glomerare, gather into a ball, 
< glomu.1 (glomer-), a ball, a clue: see glonn-r- 
ut<:~\ 1. To gather into a ball or round body ; 
collect into a round mass. 
The silkworm . . . roiuilmntratiiui her both funeral and 
natal clue. Dr. U. More, Immortality of the Sml. iii. 1:;. 
least in part. 
of fragments 
large enough 
to be call- 
ed pebbles. 
Also called 
conglomerate 
rwk. 2. Anything composed of heterogene- 
ous or incongruous materials. 
Why should the> not turn Ilirmlnuham Into a London 
of the Midlands a small bmdon certainly, but unlike 
the mechanical r<inijlnmfritte of great I>ndon an organ- 
ism with a life of its own, and a life to lie proud of? 
XiarlreHlli Century, XX. 286. 
conglomeratic (kon-glom-e-rat'ik), . [< F. 
i-iini/liiiiii i-ii in/in , < i-niiiiliiiiierat : see conglomer- 
ate, a., and -. ] Same as etmglomrritic. Geikie. 
conglomeration (kon-glom-e-rii'shon), n. [= 
F. eoiiglomi '-ration = Sp. cinii/lonn rucion = Pg. 
conglomera$a"o, < LL. coni/lom<-ratio(n-), < L. con- 
glomerare, pp. comglonieratnn, roll together: see 
conglomerate, r.] 1. The act of gathering into 
a ball or mass ; the state of being thus gath- 
ered ; collection ; accumulation. 
The multiplication and rrm/r/owrafton of sounds. 
Baton, Nat. Hilt. 
2. That which is conglomerated or collected 
into a mass ; a mixed or incongruous mass of 
any form ; a mixture. 
conglomeritic (kon-glom-e-rit'ik), . [< con- 
glomerate (with altered term. ; cf. granitic) + 
-ic.J 1. Pertaining to or of the nature of a 
conglomerate. 2. Relating or pertaining to 
the process of conglomeration ; formed by con- 
glomeration. 
The lodes . . . course E. and W. through greenstone 
and conglimieritic rock. Ure, Diet., III. 288. 
Also conglomeratic. 
conglutin, conglutine (kon-glo'tiu), . [< L. 
com-, together, + glulen, glue, + -in 2 , -iiie 2 .] 
A vegetable albuminoid contained in almonds, 
maize, and possibly other seeds, in propertiei It 
closely resembles animal casein. It is nearly insoluble in 
pure water, but readily soluble in water containing basic 
phosphates. The solution is coagulated by acids, but not 
by heat. 
conglutinant (kon-glo'ti-nant), a. and M. [< 
F. conglutinant, ppr. of conqlutiner, glue to- 
gether: see conglutinate, r.] I. a. Gluing; 
uniting; causing to adhere. Bacon. 
II. a. A medicine or medicinal application 
that promotes the healing of wounds by ad- 
hesion. 
conglutinate (kon-gl8'ti-nat), -. ; pret. and pp. 
conglntinateil, ppr. conglutinatina. [< L. con- 
glutinatus, pp. of conglutinare (> ft. conglutinare 
Sp. Pg. conglutinar = F. coiiglittiner), glue 
together, < com-, together, + glntinare, glue, < 
;i/i/tiii (i/hitiii-), glue: see gluten, glue.'} I. 
triinn. To glue together ; unite by some gluti- 
nous or tenacious substance ; reunite by adhe- 
sion ; cement. 
In many the bones . . . have had their broken parts 
riHiiiliitinatal within three or four days. 
Boyle, Works, II. 196. 
II. iii trims. To adhere; coalesce; become 
united by the intervention of some glutinous 
substance. 
When the blood is withdrawn from the blood vessels, 
these plaques have a tendency to eonylulinale, forming 
the granule masses of Schultzc. Science, VII. .120. 
