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Con*glom"er*ate (?), a. [L. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate.] 1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.
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Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon.
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Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.
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2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray.
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3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.
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Con*glom"er*ate (?), n. 1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.
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A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench.
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2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.
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A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell.
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Con*glom"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglomerating.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
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