Agglomerating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Agglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agglomerating}.] [L.
     agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form
     into a ball. See {Glomerate}.]
     To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass
     or anything like a mass.


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           Where he builds the agglomerated pile.   --Cowper.
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