▪ I. † conˈglobulate, a. Obs. Phys.
[f. L. con- together + globul-us little ball, globule (dim. of globus ball) + -ate2, on the analogy of conglobate (as = con- + glob-us + -ate.)]
= conglobate a. 2.
| 1702 Floyer Cold Baths i. iv. (1709) 118 Glands, whether conglobulate, or conglomerate. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 270 The Lymph in Conglobulate Glands. |
▪ II. conˈglobulate, v. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ate3.]
intr. To collect into a rounded or compact mass.
| 1768 Johnson in Boswell, A number of them [swallows] conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water. |