conglobe

UK /kəŋˈɡləʊb/ US /kəŋˈɡloʊb/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To collect (something) into a round mass; to conglobate.

2

1667, Alexander Pope, “Book IV”, in The Dunciad^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Dunciad_-_Alexander_Pope_(1728).djvu/194), page 163

3

1667, Alexander Pope, “Book IV”, in The Dunciad^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Dunciad_-_Alexander_Pope_(1728).djvu/194), page 163: Not closer, orb in orb, conglob’d are seen / The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen.

4

1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 239

5

1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost, Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, page 239: Thither they / Hasted with glad precipitance, up-rolled, / As drops on dust conglobing, from the dry;

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