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v. i. To collect in a mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A collection or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. clustered together but not coherent. an agglomerated flower head
Syn. -- agglomerate, agglomerative, aggregate, clustered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglomerating. ] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate. ] 1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. e- + glomerate. ] To unwind, as a thread from a ball. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome. ] Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate. [ 1913 Webster ]