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Conge [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Leave; farewell; parting ceremony.

2. The act of respect performed at the parting of friends. Hence, the customary act of civility, on other occasions; a bow or a courtesy.

3. The captain salutes you with conge profound.

4. In architecture, a mold in form of a quarter round, or a cavetto, which serves to separate two members from one another; such as that which joins the shaft of the column to the cincture, called also apophyge. Also, a ring or ferrule, formerly used on the extremities of columns to keep them from splitting; afterwards imitated in stone-work.

Conge [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy. The preterite congeed is tolerable in English; but congeing will not be admitted, and congeeing is an anomaly.

2. CONGE delire, in ecclesiastical affairs, the kings license or permission to a dean and chapter, to choose a bishop; or to an abbey or priory of his own foundation, to choose their abbot or prior. The king of Great Britain, as sovereign patron, had formerly the appointment of all ecclesiastical dignities; investing by crosier and ring, and afterwards by letters patent. But now the king, on demand, sends, his conge delire to the dean and chapter, with a letter missive, containing the name of the person he would have them elect, and if they delay the election twelve days, the nomination devolves on the king, who may appoint by letters patent.

Conge [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.

3. An apophyge.

4. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

Congeable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.

Congeal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To grow hard, stiff or thick; to pass from a fluid to a solid state; to concrete into a solid mass. Melted lead congelas; water congeals; blood congeals.

Congeal [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To change from a fluid to a solid sate, as by cold, or a loss of heat, as water in freezing, liquid metal or wax in cooling, blood in stagnating or cooling, etc.; to harden into ice, or into a substance of less solidity. Cold congeals water into ice, or vapor into hoar frost or snow, and blood into a less solid mass, or clot.

2. To bind or fix with cold. Applied to the circulating blood, it does not signify absolutely to harden, but to cause a sensation of cold, a shivering, or a receding of the blood from the extremities; as, the frightful scene congealed his blood.

Congeal [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Congeal [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

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

Congealable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That may be congealed; capable of being converted from a fluid to a solid state.

Congealable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being congealed.

Congealed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Converted into ice, or a solid mass, by the loss of heat or other process; concreted.

Congealed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Congeal

Congealedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being congealed.

Congealing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Changing from a liquid to a solid state; concreting.

Congealing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Congeal

Congealment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A clot or concretion; that which is formed by congelation. Also, congelation.

Congealment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot.

Congee [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Boiled rice; rice gruel.

2. A jail; a lockup.

Congee [Noun and verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Conge, Conge.

Congelation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The process of passing, or the act of converting, from a fluid to a solid state; or the state of being congealed; concretion. It differ from crystalization in this; in congelation the whole substance of a fluid may become solid; in crystalization, when a salt is formed, a portion of liquid is left. But the congelation of water is a real crystalization.

Congelation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. The state of being congealed.

3. That which is congealed.

Congener [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Of the same kind or nature; allied in origin or cause; as congenerous bodies; congenerous diseases.

Congener [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A thing of the same kind or nature.

2. The cherry tree has been often grafted on the laurel, to which it is a congener

Congener [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Congeneracy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Similarity of origin.

Congeneracy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Similarity of origin; affinity.

Congeneric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Being of the same kind or nature.

Congeneric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Congenerical

Congenerical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action.

Congenerous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases.

Congenerousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality of being from the same original, or of belonging to the same class.

Congenial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Partaking of the same genus, kind or nature; kindred; cognate; as congenial souls.

2. Belonging to the nature; natural; agreeable to the nature; usually followed by to; as, this severity is not congenial to him.

3. Natural; agreeable to the nature; adapted; as a soil congenial to a plant.

Congenial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition.

Congeniality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Participation of the same genus, nature or original; cognation; natural affinity; suitableness.

Congeniality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

Congenialize [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make congenial.

Congenially [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.