Now rare or Obs. [f. L. coacervāt- ppl. stem of coacervāre to heap together (f. co- together + acervāre to heap).] trans. To heap together, gather into a heap, accumulate; also fig. Hence Coacervated ppl. a.
1623. Cockeram, Coacervate, to heape vp together.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xvii. 303. Many moe examples … which … Historians … have Coacervated and gathered as in a Bundle.
1794. R. J. Sulivan, View Nat., I. vii. 48. These shells, so co-acervated, or dispersed.
1841. Blackw. Mag., L. 152/2. Their [Germans’] coacervated facts are organized by ideas.
