glomerate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin glomerātus, perfect passive participle of glomero (“to glomerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === === Verb === glomerate (third-person singular simple present glomerates, present participle glomerating, simple past and past participle glomerated) To gather or curl into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass. === Adjective === glomerate (not comparable) (archaic) Gathered together in a somewhat spherical mass or dense cluster; conglomerate. Synonym: glomerated ==== Related terms ==== === References === “glomerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === algometer, geometral == Latin == === Participle === glomerāte vocative masculine singular of glomerātus === References === “glomerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “glomerate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.