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n. 1. music composed for dancing the conga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a line of persons dancing the conga{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

2. a line of persons similar to a conga line{ 1 }. Sometimes used figuratively or humorously. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F., leave, permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare to go. Cf. Permeate. ] [ Formerly written congie. ] 1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her congé? Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The captain salutes you with congé profound. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) An apophyge. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Congé d'élire ety>[ F., leave to choose ] (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Imp. & p. p. Congeed p. pr. & vb. n. Congeing. ] [ OF. congier, congeer, F. congédier, fr. congé. See Congé, n. ] To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow ceremoniously, or courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have congeed with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (O. Eng. Law) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Congealed p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing. ] [ F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See Gelid. ] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
Syn. -- jell, set. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if with horror to congeal his blood. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.
Syn. -- jell, set. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest zeal, now melted . . .
Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. congelable. ] Capable of being congealed. -- Con*geal"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adj. solidified; as, congealed into jelly.
Syn. -- jelled, jellied. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being congealed. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wash the congealment from your wounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Congé, Conge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And unto her his congee came to take. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ Tamil ka&ncirc_;shi boilings. ] Boiled rice; rice gruel. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A jail; a lockup. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Congee discharges, rice water discharges. Dunglison. --
Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. congélation, L. congelatio. ] 1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. congener. See Congenerous. ] A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cherry tree has been often grafted on the laurel, to which it is a congener. P. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our elk is more polygamous in his habits than any other deer except his congener, the red deer of Europe. Caton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Similarity of origin; affinity. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action; of or pertaining to a congener. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. congener; con- + genus, generis, birth, kind, race. See Genus, and cf. Congener. ] Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

-- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Hallywell. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. con- + genial. ] 1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

two congenial spirits united . . . by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues T. L. Peacock

2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition; as, a congenial atmosphere to work in. “Congenial clime.” C. J. Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is its congenial work. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted; -- used of plants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Compatibility between persons.
Syn. -- congenialness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The personality trait of being friendly to a conspicuous degree.
Syn. -- geniality. [ PJC ]

4. The personality trait of being likable or pleasant.
Syn. -- pleasantness, likability. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To make congenial. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Congeniality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Congeneric. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Congenite. ] Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity; a congenital liar. See Connate and native.
Syn. -- connate; native; inborn; inherited; hereditary. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adv. In a congenital manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. congenitus; con- + genitus, p. p. of gignere to beget. See Generate. ] Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. congre. ] (Zool.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conger sea (Zool.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ L., fr. congerere. See Congest. ] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To what will thy congested guilt amount? Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Bot.) Crowded together. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; -- said of any part of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. congestio: cf. F. congestion. ] 1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperæmia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Congiaries /plu>. [ L. congiarium, fr. congius a liquid measure. ] A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] 1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [ Often abbreviated to cong. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. conglaciatus, p. p. of conglaciare. See Glaciate. ] To turn to ice; to freeze. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. conglaciation. ] The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conglobatus, p. p. of conglobare to conglobate. See Globate. ] Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [ lymphatic ] glands; conglobate flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglobated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobating. ] [ Cf. Conglore. ] To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conglobated bubbles undissolved. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conglobatio: cf. F. conglobation. ] 1. The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A round body. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglobed p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing. ] [ L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate. ] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then founded, then conglobed
Like things to like. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. con- + globule. ] To gather into a small round mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate. ] 1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglomerating. ] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration. ] 1. The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Conglutinate. ] (Chem.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]