"conglobe" meaning in English

See conglobe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kəŋˈɡləʊb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kəŋˈɡloʊb/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conglobe.wav Forms: conglobes [present, singular, third-person], conglobing [participle, present], conglobed [participle, past], conglobed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊb Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From French conglober, from Latin conglobāre, the present active infinitive of conglobō (“to gather into a ball; to accumulate; to crowd together”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) + globus (“round object, globe, sphere; glob; group”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; a ball”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|ḱóm}} PIE word *ḱóm, {{root|en|ine-pro|*gel-}}, {{der|en|fr|conglober}} French conglober, {{der|en|la|conglobāre}} Latin conglobāre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gel-|t=to form into a ball; a ball}} Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; a ball”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|conjugation}} conjugation, {{glossary|verb}} verb Head templates: {{en-verb}} conglobe (third-person singular simple present conglobes, present participle conglobing, simple past and past participle conglobed)
  1. (ambitransitive, poetic, archaic) To collect (something) into a round mass; to conglobate. Tags: ambitransitive, archaic, poetic
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  2. 1667, Alexander Pope, “Book IV”, in The Dunciad^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Dunciad_-_Alexander_Pope_(1728).djvu/194), page 163:
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  3. 1667, Alexander Pope, “Book IV”, in The Dunciad^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Dunciad_-_Alexander_Pope_(1728).djvu/194), page 163:
    Sense id: en-conglobe-en-verb-g3nlvLwQ
  4. 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 239:
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  5. 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 239:
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  6. 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 237:
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  7. 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 237:
    Sense id: en-conglobe-en-verb-iHWPQS2f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 8 8 8 8 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 7 7 8 8 8 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 8 8 8 8 58

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      "ipa": "/kəŋˈɡloʊb/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "conglobe"
}

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