Ag*glom"er*ate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agglomerated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating (#).] [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate.]
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
Where he builds the agglomerated pile.
Cowper.
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Ag*glom"er*ate, v. i.
To collect in a mass.
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Ag*glom"er*ate (#), Ag*glom"er*a`ted (#), a.
1.
Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
2. Bot.
Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
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Ag*glom"er*ate (#), n.
1.
A collection or mass.
2. Geol.
A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
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