conglobate
conglobate adjective: shaped like or formed into a ball.
Adjective
conglobate (comparative more conglobate, superlative most conglobate)
- Shaped like or formed into a ball.
- By the motion of the Heart, through the Emulgent Branches, the Blood is brought to the Kidneys, and is there freed of its Serum by their little Glands, […] Much after the ſame manner, are their proper Fluids ſeparated from the Blood in the Liver, Sweetbread, Teſticles, and the other Conglobat and...1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: Printed for George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXXV, page 213
- He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and...1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Volume 1, page 239
Verb
conglobate (third-person singular simple present conglobates, present participle conglobating, simple past and past participle conglobated)
- To form into a globe or ball.
- How rich a dower was yours!
By how much toil of sinew and of mind
Collected, conglobated, were Earth’s stores
Treasured in Rome,—the Eternal!—throne assigned
By Nature and the Gods for sway of human kind!1850, Thomas Cooper, The Purgatory of Suicides: A Prison-Rhyme, second edition
- How rich a dower was yours!
conglobate meaning in Tamil
conglobate in Tamil
- உருண்டையாக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட, உருண்டையாக்கு, பந்துபோலாகு
Forms of conglobate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more conglobate |
| superlative | most conglobate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | conglobates |
| present participle | conglobating |
| past participle | conglobated |
| past | conglobated |
Origin of conglobate
First attested in 1635; borrowed from Latin conglobātus, perfect passive participial of conglobō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + globus (“ball”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix)
Words formed from conglobate
- conglobation
- conglobateous
Questions about conglobate
- What does conglobate mean?
- Conglobate means shaped like or formed into a ball.
- What is conglobate in Tamil?
- Conglobate in Tamil is உருண்டையாக உருவாக்கப்பட்ட, உருண்டையாக்கு, பந்துபோலாகு. See Conglobate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is conglobate?
- Conglobate can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near conglobate in the dictionary
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