congerere

congerere [CL] , to heap together. b to accumulate (possessions). c to assemble (persons). d to collect, put together (w. abstr. obj.). e (p. ppl.) compact. s1138 congeries non modica lignorum ~itur J. Worc. 51; rusticus ‥ furcam ‥, qua stramenta in culmen congesserat, a se dejecit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 114.  b s1042 [Emma] congestis undique talentis crumenas infecerat W. Malm. GR II 196.  c s743 contra Brittannorum undique congestorum ‥ multitudinem H. Hunt. HA IV 17.  d exemplorum copiam accumulantes ex diversis orationum partibus congessimus Aldh. Met. 8; congesta in ordinem serie lunae xiiijae (Ceolfrith) Bede HE V 21 p. 341; 1156 tot acerbitatis sue molestias in me fortuna congessit J. Sal. Ep. 115 (19); aucupes novitatum rumusculos ~unt Id. Pol. 483D; multa pretermitto, ne operis longioris copia pariat conjesta fastidium W. Dan. Ailred 8; ea que ab ipsis ‥ agresti stilo congesta fuerant Gir. TH intr.; quecunque nocere possent in ipsum ~unt ‥ et reum regi deferunt Map NC V 5 p. 223; 1390 quis ‥ ecclesie devotus filius ‥ dextras ‥ sue potencie non ~at? FormOx 192.  e s1089 erat Robertus corpore integer et fortis, nervis connexus, ossibus congestus Flor. Hist. II 22.