n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the aggregate, collectively; together. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggregated p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating. ] [ L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious. ] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. “The aggregated soil.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aggregatus, p. p. ] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Collectively; in mass. [ 1913 Webster ]