a. [ad. L. congregātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of congregā-re + -IVE.] Tending to congregate, characterized by congregating.
1588. Fraunce, Lawiers Log., II. v. 92 b. The compound axiome … is either congregative or segregative.
1797. J. Lawrence, in Monthly Mag., XLVI. 112. The duties of congregative or social order.
1860. I. Taylor, Spirit Hebr. Poetry (1873), 106. The piety of the Patriarchal era was individual, not congregative.
Hence Congregativeness.
1841. Blackw. Mag., L. 209. The congregativeness of men for mutual interest, profit, and protection.
