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agglomerated

 [v. uh-glom-uh-reyt; adj., n. uh-glom-er-it, -uh-reyt]   Origin

ag·glom·er·ate

   [v. uh-glom-uh-reyt; adj., n. uh-glom-er-it, -uh-reyt] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing, adjective, noun
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to collect or gather into a cluster or mass.
adjective
2.
gathered together into a cluster or mass.
3.
Botany. crowded into a dense cluster, but not cohering.

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noun
4.
a mass of things clustered together.
5.
rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments.
Origin:
1675–85; < Latin agglomerātus (past participle of agglomerāre), equivalent to ag- ag- + glomer- (stem of glomus ball of yarn) + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
ag·glom·er·a·tive  [uh-glom-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] , adjective
ag·glom·er·a·tor, noun
non·ag·glom·er·a·tive, adjective
un·ag·glom·er·a·tive, adjective

Synonyms
1. assemble, amass, accumulate.

Antonyms
1. disperse, scatter.

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agglomerate
1680s, from L. agglomeratus, pp. of agglomerare "to wind or add onto a ball," from ad- "to" + glomerare "wind up in a ball," from glomus (gen. glomeris) "ball of yarn," from PIE root *glem-.
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