conglobev.
/kənˈɡləʊb/ To gather or form into a ball or globe, or a rounded compact mass. Also figurative.
a. transitive.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > make into curved three-dimensional shape [verb (transitive)] > make spherical or globular > form into spherical mass
conglobe1535
ball1577
conglomerate1596
to round up1615
conglobate1635
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 329 His ennimeis..Conglobit war togidder in ane glen.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 60 Vnsatiable Arte-searching Aristotle, that in the rounde compendiate bladder of thy brayne, conglobedst these three great bodies, (Heauen, Earth, and..Waters).
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 239 Then founded, then conglob'd Like things to like. View more context for this quotation
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 79 Orb in orb conglob'd are seen The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 259 All elements Conglobe themselves from chaos, purified.
1882 J. R. Seeley Nat. Relig. 236 The influence which draws together and conglobes certain individuals into a living society.
b. intransitive (for reflexive).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > take curved three-dimensional shape [verb (intransitive)] > become spherical or globular > become spherical mass
conglobe1600
conglomerate1642
conglobate1646
ball1735
conglobulate1791
1600 W. Watson Quodlibets Relig. & State (1602) 3 Hereupon the fire..conglobed together in the highest cloud.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 292 As drops on dust conglobing from the drie. View more context for this quotation
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. 498 The big round Drops..Conglobing on the Dust.
1880 R. Browning Pan & Luna 50 The downy swathes [of cloud] combine, Conglobe.
Derivatives
conˈglobed adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > made into spherical mass
balled?a1450
conglobate1649
conglomerated1656
conglobated1668
conglobular1741
conglobed1822
inglobate1852
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis iv. 86 In a condensed and conglobed band.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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