conglobate

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Definition of conglobate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Shaped like or formed into a ball.
    “By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […] Much after the ſame manner, are their proper Fluids ſeparated from the Blood in the Liver, Sweetbread, Teſticles, and the other Conglobat and Conglomerate Glands of the Body[…].”
    “He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea.”
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adj

  1. Shaped like or formed into a ball.
    “By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […] Much after the ſame manner, are their proper Fluids ſeparated from the Blood in the Liver, Sweetbread, Teſticles, and the other Conglobat and Conglomerate Glands of the Body[…].”
    “He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To form into a globe or ball.
    “How rich a dower was yours! By how much toil of sinew and of mind Collected, conglobated, were Earth’s stores Treasured in Rome,—the Eternal!—throne assigned By Nature and the Gods for sway of human kind!”

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Etymology

First attested in 1635; borrowed from Latin conglobātus, perfect passive participial of conglobō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + globus (“ball”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix)

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