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con·glo·bate

 (kŏn-glō′bāt′, kŏng′glō-)
tr.v. con·glo·bat·ed, con·glo·bat·ing, con·glo·bates
To form into a globe or ball.

[Latin conglobāre, conglobāt- : com-, com- + globus, ball.]

con·glo′bate adj.
con′glo·ba′tion n.
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conglobate

(ˈkɒŋɡləʊˌbeɪt)
vb
to form into a globe or ball
adj
a rare word for globular
[C17: from Latin conglobāre to gather into a ball, from globāre to make round, from globus a sphere]
ˌcongloˈbation n
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con•glo•bate

(kɒnˈgloʊ beɪt, kɒŋ-, ˈkɒŋ gloʊˌbeɪt)

adj., v. -bat•ed, -bat•ing. adj.
1. formed into a ball.
v.t., v.i.
2. to collect into a ball.
[1625–35]
con•glo′bate•ly, adv.
con`glo•ba′tion, n.
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conglobate


Past participle: conglobated
Gerund: conglobating

Imperative
conglobate
conglobate
Present
I conglobate
you conglobate
he/she/it conglobates
we conglobate
you conglobate
they conglobate
Preterite
I conglobated
you conglobated
he/she/it conglobated
we conglobated
you conglobated
they conglobated
Present Continuous
I am conglobating
you are conglobating
he/she/it is conglobating
we are conglobating
you are conglobating
they are conglobating
Present Perfect
I have conglobated
you have conglobated
he/she/it has conglobated
we have conglobated
you have conglobated
they have conglobated
Past Continuous
I was conglobating
you were conglobating
he/she/it was conglobating
we were conglobating
you were conglobating
they were conglobating
Past Perfect
I had conglobated
you had conglobated
he/she/it had conglobated
we had conglobated
you had conglobated
they had conglobated
Future
I will conglobate
you will conglobate
he/she/it will conglobate
we will conglobate
you will conglobate
they will conglobate
Future Perfect
I will have conglobated
you will have conglobated
he/she/it will have conglobated
we will have conglobated
you will have conglobated
they will have conglobated
Future Continuous
I will be conglobating
you will be conglobating
he/she/it will be conglobating
we will be conglobating
you will be conglobating
they will be conglobating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been conglobating
you have been conglobating
he/she/it has been conglobating
we have been conglobating
you have been conglobating
they have been conglobating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been conglobating
you will have been conglobating
he/she/it will have been conglobating
we will have been conglobating
you will have been conglobating
they will have been conglobating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been conglobating
you had been conglobating
he/she/it had been conglobating
we had been conglobating
you had been conglobating
they had been conglobating
Conditional
I would conglobate
you would conglobate
he/she/it would conglobate
we would conglobate
you would conglobate
they would conglobate
Past Conditional
I would have conglobated
you would have conglobated
he/she/it would have conglobated
we would have conglobated
you would have conglobated
they would have conglobated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.conglobate - assume a globular shape
form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"
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(1990) studied the stretch receptors that might correlate with the pill bug's sluggish conglobating behavior, and demonstrated that all the stretch receptors throughout thoracic and abdominal segments were of the slowly adapting type.