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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a {compound}, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. [1913 Webster] {In the aggregate}, collectively; together. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggregated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggregating}.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See {Gregarious}.] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. [1913 Webster] It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston. [1913 Webster] 3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. [1913 Webster] The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. [1913 Webster] 4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zool.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. [1913 Webster] {Corporation aggregate}. (Law) See under {Corporation}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: aggregate adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: {aggregate}, {aggregated}, {aggregative}, {mass}] 2: composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits" n 1: the whole amount [syn: {sum}, {total}, {totality}, {aggregate}] 2: material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster 3: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: {aggregate}, {congeries}, {conglomeration}] v 1: amount in the aggregate to 2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: {aggregate}, {combine}]