conglobe, v.
(kənˈgləʊb)
[a. F. conglobe-r (16th c. in Paré), ad. L. conglobāre to conglobate.]
To gather or form into a ball or globe, or a rounded compact mass. Also fig. a. trans.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 329 His ennimeis..Conglobit war togidder in ane glen. 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 123 Vnsatiable Art-searching Aristotle, that in the round compendiate bladder of thy braine, conglobedst these three great bodies, Heauen, Earth, and..Waters. 1667 Milton P.L. vii. 239 Then founded, then conglob'd Like things to like. 1742 Pope Dunc. iv. 79 Orb in orb, conglob'd are seen The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen. 1839 Bailey Festus xx. (1848) 254 All elements Conglobe themselves from chaos, purified. 1882 Seeley Nat. Relig. 236 The influence which draws together and conglobes certain individuals into a living society. |
b. intr. (for refl.)
| 1600 W. Watson Quodlibets Relig. & St. (1602) 3 Hereupon the fire..conglobed together in the highest cloud. 1667 Milton P.L. vii. 292 As drops on dust conglobing from the drie. 1715–20 Pope Iliad xvii. 498 The big round drops..Conglobing on the dust. 1880 Browning Pan & Luna 50 The downy swathes [of cloud] combine, Conglobe. |
Hence conˈglobed ppl. a.
| 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius iv. 86 In a condensed and conglobed band. |