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.
Where he builds the agglomerated pile.
Cowper.
Ag*glom"er*ate, v. i. To collect in a
mass.
{ Ag*glom"er*ate (&?;), Ag*glom"er*a`ted (&?;), }
a. 1. Collected into a ball, heap,
or mass.
2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of
flowers.
Ag*glom"er*ate (&?;), n. 1.
A collection or mass.
2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic
fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from
conglomerate.
