Congregating

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

  Congregate \Con"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Congregated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Congregating}]
     To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to
     bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather
     together; to mass; to compact.
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           Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be
           termed by the name of a church.          --Hooker.
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           Cold congregates all bodies.             --Coleridge.
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           The great receptacle
           Of congregated waters he called Seas.    --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congregating
       n : the act of congregating [syn: {congregation}]