congregate
verb transitive[L., a herd. See Gregarious.]
To collect separate persons or things into an assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a crowd or united body; as, to congregate men or animals; to congregate waters or sands.
congregate
verb intransitiveTo come together; to assemble; to meet. Equals with equals often congregate.
congregate
adjectiveCollected; compact; close.