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ag⋅glom⋅er⋅ate

  [v. uh-glom-uh-reyt; adj., n. uh-glom-er-it, -uh-reyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing, adjective, noun
Use agglomerative in a Sentence
–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.
–noun
4. a mass of things clustered together.
5. rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments.
Origin:
1675–85; < L agglomerātus (ptp. of agglomerāre), equiv. to ag- ag- + glomer- (s. of glomus ball of yarn) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ag⋅glom⋅er⋅a⋅tive  [uh-glom-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] , adjective
ag⋅glom⋅er⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. assemble, amass, accumulate.

Antonyms:
1. disperse, scatter.
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ag·glom·er·ate   (ə-glŏm'ə-rāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   ag·glom·er·at·ed, ag·glom·er·at·ing, ag·glom·er·ates
To form or collect into a rounded mass.
adj.   (-ər-ĭt)
Gathered into a rounded mass.
n.   (-ər-ĭt)

  1. A confused or jumbled mass; a heap.

  2. A volcanic rock consisting of rounded and angular fragments fused together.


[Latin agglomerāre, agglomerāt-, to mass together : ad-, ad- + glomerāre, to form into a ball (from glomus, glomer-, ball).]
ag·glom'er·a'tive (-ə-rā'tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj., ag·glom'er·a'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

agglomerate 
1684, 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-.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2ag·glom·er·ate
Pronunciation: -r&t
Function: noun
: a jumbled mass or collection agglomerates of a virus —E. A. Steinhaus>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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