congee 
They courteous conge tooke, and forth together yode. 
Spetuer, F. Q., III. i. 1. 
It is his conge to the people of Smyrna, . . . "Farewell 
in Christ Jesus, in whom remain by the unity of God and 
of the bishop." Jer. Tinjliir, Works (ed. 1S35), II. 234. 
After this the regent would write to him from Brussels 
that she was pleased to learn from her brother that he 
was soon to give him his cuny. 1'n'wott. 
2. An act of respect performed by persons on 
separating or taking leave ; hence, a customary 
act of reverence or civility on other occasions ; 
a bow or a courtesy. 
And with a lowly conge to the ground, 
The proudest lords salute me as I pass. 
Marlon'e, Edward II., v. 4. 
I kiss my hand, make my congee, settle my countenance, 
and thus begin. Ford, Love's Sacrifice, ii. 1. 
congee 1 (kon'- or kim'je), r. [Early mod. E. 
also connic, congy, conge; < ME. congien, con- 
gei/cn, c'ongcien, < OF. congeer, congeher, cun- 
geer, eongicr, cnngyrr (= Pr. conjiar; It. conge- 
dare, > F. congciiier, give leave), depart, dis- 
miss ; from the noun : see congee^, n. The verb 
congee, like the noun, passing out of vernacular 
use, took on for a time the form conge.'} "L.\ 
trans. To give leave or command to depart; 
dismiss ; take leave of. 
Excuse the, jif tliow canst ; I can namore seggen [say], 
For Conscience, acuseth the, to congey the for euere. 
/'<>/* Plowman (B), iii. 173. 
II. intrans. If. To take leave with the cus- 
tomary civilities. 
I have conge'd with the duke. Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. 
2. To use ceremonious and respectful inclina- 
tions of the body ; bow ; salute. 
I do not like to see the church and synagogue kissing 
and congeeing in awkward postures of an affected civility. 
Lamb, Elia. 
congee 2 (kon'je), n. [Also written conjee, 
conje, kongy, repr. Hind. Jcdnji, Pali kanjikam, 
rice-water.] 1. In India, rice-water or -gruel; 
water in which rice has been boiled, much used 
in the diet of invalids. 2. Any gruel or similar 
food for invalids. 
congee-house (kon'je-hous), n. In India, a 
temporary regimental lockup : so called from 
the fact that congee is the principal diet of the 
inmates. 
congee-water (kon'je-wa"ter), }?. Same as 
congee^. 
Congee-water, . . . said to be very antidysenteric. 
IF. H. Russell. 
congelablet (kon-jel'a-bl), a. [< F. congelable: 
see congealable.] An obsolete form of con- 
gealable. Arbuthnot. 
congelation (kon-je-la'shon), n. [= F. congf- 
hition = Pr. eongelacio = Sp. congelation = Pg. 
congelaqao = It. congelasione, < L. congelatio(n-), 
< congelare.pp. congelatus, congeal: see con- 
geal.] 1. The act or process of congealing; 
the state of being congealed; the process of 
passing, or the act of converting, from a fluid 
to a solid state ; solidification ; specifically, the 
process of freezing or the state of being frozen. 
The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward 
compression or congelation of the fluid. 
Arbitthnot, Aliments. 
A little water, fallen into the crevice of a rock, under 
the congelation of winter, swells till it bursts the thick 
and strong fibres. Suniner, True Grandeur of Nations. 
2. That which is or has been congealed or so- 
lidified ; a concretion ; a coagulation. 
Near them little plates of sugar plumbs, disposed like 
so many heaps of hailstones, with a multitude of congela- 
tions in jellies of various colours. Taller, No. 148. 
congelativet (kon-je'la-tiv), a. [= F. congela- 
t!f = Sp. Pg. congelaiivo, < L. as if *congelati- 
rus, < congelatus, pp. of congelare, congeal: see 
congeal and -we.] Having the power to con- 
geal. Coles, 1717. 
congeminationt (kon-jem-i-na'shon), . [= F. 
congemination = Pg. congeminaqSo, < L. con- 
geminatio(n-), a doubling, < congcminarc, pp. 
congeminatus, redouble, < com-, together, + ge- 
minare, double : see gemination.'} The act of 
doubling. Cotgrare. 
congener (kon''je-ner), a. and n. [= F. con- 
genere = Sp. congenere = Pg. It. congenere, < L. 
congener, of the same race, < cow-, together, + 
genus (gener-), race, genus: see genus.] I. a. Of 
the same genus or kind; congeneric. [Rare.] 
To be strictly congener as well with the African Corono- 
carpi as with a number of American, chiefly Brazilian, 
plants. O. Bentham, Notes on Composite. 
II. n. A thing of the same kind as, or near- 
ly allied to, another ; specifically, in bot. and 
sool., a plant or an animal belonging to the 
same genus as another or to one nearly allied. 
1190 
Might not canary birds be naturalized to this climate, 
provided their eggs were put in the spring into the nesttf 
of some of their congeners, as goldfinches, greenfinches, 
*e. 'I SMert While, Nat. Hist, of Selborne, xii. 
Like its congener*, the garden-warbler and the white- 
throat, it [the black-capped warbler) sings with great em- 
phasis and strength. The Century, XXVII. 782. 
COngeneracy (kon-jen'e-ra-si), ii. [< eonf/airr 
+ -(icy. ] Similarity of nature ; the fact of be- 
longing to the same kind or genus. [Bare.] 
They are ranged neither according to the merit, nor the 
coni/eneracti, of their conditions. 
Dr. iL Mure, Epistles to the Seven Churches, p. 172. 
congeneratedt (kon-jen'e-ra-ted), a. [< con- + 
i/i iici'dtc + -erf 2 .] Begotten together. Jiailey. 
congeneric, congenerical (kon-je-ner'ik, -i- 
kal), a. [= Sp. conyenerico; as congener + -ic, 
-ifiit. Of. generic.] Being of the same kind; 
specifically, in bot. and roo/., belonging to the 
same genus or nearly allied ; being congeners. 
In the stork and congeneric birds. 
Todd, Cyc. Anat.,1. 288. 
congenerous (kon-jen'e-rus), a. [As congener 
+ -ons. Cf. generous.] 1. Of the same kind or 
nature; allied in origin or cause. 
Bodies of a congenerous nature. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
Apoplexies and other congenerous diseases. 
Arbuthnot, Effects of Air. 
2. In bot. and zool., same as congeneric. 3. In 
anat., having the same physiological action ; 
functioning together : applied to muscles which 
concur in the same action. [Bare.] 
COngenerousnesst (kon-jen'e-rus-nes), n. The 
quality of being of the same nature, or of be- 
longing to the same class. 
Persuasive arguments, whose force and strength must 
lye in their congene.rouftnegs and suitableness with the 
ancient ideas and inscriptions of truth upon our souls. 
llnllyuicll, Melampronoaa (1677), p. 84. 
congenetic (kon-je-net'ik), a. [= Sp. congenito, 
etc.; as con- + genetic.'} Produced at the same 
time or by the same cause ; alike in origin. 
The carboniferous surface presents a ... slight slope 
from south to north ; and the strata are traversed by a 
series of faults and congenetic monoclinal flexures, run- 
ning in north and south courses. Science, III. 327. 
congenial (kon-je'nial), a. [= F. congenial = 
Sp. Pg. congenial, < L. com-, together, + genia- 
lis, genial : see genial. Cf. congeneric and con- 
genious.] 1. Partaking of the same nature or 
natural characteristics ; kindred ; like. 
To know God we must have within ourselves something 
congenial to Him. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 21. 
Hence 2. Suited or adapted in character or 
feeling ; pleasing or agreeable ; harmonious ; 
sympathetic ; companionable. 
Smit with the love of sister arts, we came 
And met congenial. Pope, To Mr. Jervas, 1. 14. 
Such as have a knowledge of the town may easily class 
themselves with tempers congenial to their own. 
Goldsmith, Clubs. 
The natural and congenial conversations of men of let- 
ters and of artists must ... be those which are associ- 
ated with their pin-suits. /. D Israeli, Lit. Char., p. 147. 
3. Naturally suited or adapted ; having fitness 
or correspondence; agreeable; pleasing: as, 
congenial work. 
Nor is the idea of any secondary machinery, like that of 
a solid vault, at all congenial to the spirit of the Scripture 
treatment of nature, which refers all things directly to 
the will of God. Damson, Nature and the Bible, p. 55. 
= Syn. Pleasing, Agreeable, etc. See pleasant. 
congeniality (kon-je-ni-al'i-ti), n. [= Pg. con- 
genialidade; as congenial + -ity.] The state of 
being congenial, (n) Participation of the same na- 
ture ; natural affinity. 
For grafts of old wood to take, there must be a wonder- 
ful congeniality between the trees. 
Whately, Bacon's Essay on Friendship. 
(6) Correspondence ; suitableness ; agreeableness. 
Painters and poets have always had a kind of conge- 
niality. Sir H. Wotton, Elem. of Architecture. 
If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage 
happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. 
Motley. 
congenialize (kon-je'nial-Iz), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. congenializeii, ppr. congenializing. [< conge- 
nial + -lze.~\ To make congenial. Eclectic Rev. 
congenially (kon-je'nial-i), adv. In a conge- 
nial manner. 
congenialness (kon-je'nial-nes), n. Same as 
congenialiti/. [Rare.] 
congenioust (kon-je'nyus), a. [Irreg. < L. com-, 
together, + genius, genius, for genus (gener-), 
kind : see genus. Cf. It. congcneo, cognate, and 
see congenial, congeneric.] Of the same kind ; 
congeneric. 
In the blood thus drop'd there remains a spirit of life 
congenious to that in the body. 
Hales, Golden Remains, p. 288. 
conger-eel 
congenital (kon-jen'i-tal),n. [= F. congenital; 
as conyenite + -/.] Produced or existing at 
birth ; innate ; native : as, congenital disease ; 
congenital deformity. 
While in each individual certain changes in the pro- 
portion of parts may be caused by variations of function, 
the congenital structure of each individual puts a limit to 
the modinability of every part. 
II. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., 67. 
One who is born with such congenital incapacity that 
nothing can make a gentleman of him. 
0. W. Holmes, Autocrat, ix. 
COngenitally (kon-jcn'i-tal-i), adi: In a con- 
genital manner ; from birth. 
congenitet (kon-jen'it), a. [= Sp. congenito = 
Pg. It. congenito, produced together, of similar 
nature, <C li. congenitus, born together with, con- 
genital/ com-, together, + genitus, pp. otgignere, 
bear, produce : see genital, and of. congenital.] 
Existing or implanted at birth ; connate ; con- 
genital. 
Many conclusions of moral and intellectual truths seem 
... to be congenite with us. 
SirM. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
But suppose that we were born with these coiitienite an- 
ticipations, and that they take root in our very faculties. 
Bp. Parker, Platonick 1'hilos., p. 59. 
COngeniture (kon-jen'i-tur), n. [< L. com-, to- 
gether, + fieinfnrii, birth : see geiiiture.] The 
birth of things at the same time. Jiailey. 
congeont, . Same as conjuun. Minslieu. 
conger 1 (kong'ger), n. [Early mod. E. also cun- 
ger, cungar; < L. conger, also congrus, gonger, 
< Gr. yoyypoc, a conger.] 1. The conger-eel. 
The Conger is a se fisshe facioned like an ele, but they 
be moche greter in quantyte. 
Baiters Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 233. 
Drown'd, drown'd at sea, man : by the next fresh conger 
That comes, we shall hear more. 
Beau, and Fl. t Scornful Lady, ii. 3. 
2. [cap.'} [NL. (Cuvier, 1817).] A genus of 
fishes, of which the conger-eel is the type, ex- 
emplifying the family Congrida;. See cut under 
conger-eel. 
conger 2 (kong'ger), n. [Formerly also congrc; 
now also appar. in pi. congers as sing. ; appar. 
a slang use of conger^, with an allusion to its 
voracity; otherwise connected with congrue, 
congruous.] See the extracts. 
Congre, conger (of congruere, L., to agree together), a 
society of booksellers who have a joint stock in trade or 
agree to print books in copartnership. Bailey, 1733. 
In American slang it [congers] indicates, according to 
the same writer [Mr. A. Hall], a company of publishers who 
keep all the advantages to themselves in a particular book, 
and shut out their brethren of the trade from such. It 
has been used in a somewhat similar sense in this country 
for a long period, as all students of the literary history of 
the last century know. The fourth edition of Dr. Wells's 
" Antient and Modern Geography" was published by an 
association of booksellers who, about 1719, entered into 
an especial partnership for the purpose of printing some 
expensive works, and styled themselves "The Printing 
Conger." X. and Q., 7th ser., II. 366. 
conger 3 (kong'ger), n. [Perhaps an abbr. and 
corruption of OF. cocombre, mod. F. concombre 
= Pr. cogombre, a cucumber: see cucumber.] 
A local English (Lincolnshire) name of the cu- 
cumber. 
COnger-doUSt (kong'ger-doust), n. [E. dial., 
< conger^ + daunt, dial, form of dust, powder.] 
A local English name of the dried conger-eel. 
The Portuguese and Spaniards used to employ the dried 
congers, after they had been ground into a powder, for the 
purpose of giving a relish to their soup. Day, Fishes of 
Great Britain and Ireland, II. 253. 
COngeree (kong-ger-e'), n. [Corrupted from 
conger-eel.] Same as conger-iel, 2. 
conger-eel (kong'ger-eT), n. 1. The sea-eel, 
Conger rulgaris or Leptncepltalus conger, a large 
~voracious species of eel, sometimes growing to 
the length of 10 feet and weighing 100 pounds. 
Conger, or Sea-eel {Lcptocephalus confer}. 
Its color is pale-brown above and grayish-white below. In 
some places along the European coast it is common, being 
most usually found in rocky places. Along the American 
coast, however, it is not often caught, and it is rather 
rarely to be seen in the markets. 
2. Ln California, Sidera mordax, an eel of the 
family Muramida;, related to the common moray 
of England. Also called congerec. 3. Along 
the Atlantic coast of the United States, Zoarces 
anguillaris, a fish of the family Zoarcida: or 
Lycodidcr. Also called congo, lamper-eel, ling, 
and mutton-fish. 
