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To CONFU'TE, v. a. [confuto, Lat.] To conviCt of er¬ 
ror or falfehood ; to difprove : 
He could on either tide difpute ; 
Cbnfute, change hands, and Hill confute. Hudibras. 
CONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Honan : fifteen miles fouth of Hoai-king. 
CONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Se-tcliuen : twenty-five miles fouth of Soui- 
tcheou. 
CONG-MOU-ING, a town of China, in the province 
of Se-tchuen : forty-two miles north-welt of Hoei-li. 
CONG-T^’HIN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Quang-fi: twenty miles north-ealt of 
Ping-lo. 
CONG-TCIIOUHA, a town of Alia, in Thibet: for¬ 
ty-five miles fouth of Tchontori. 
CONGA, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak Age- 
lni: one hundred miles north-weft of Ifpahan. 
CONGARE'E, a conliderable river of South Carolina, 
formed by the confluence of Soluda and Eroad rivers. 
The union of the waters of Congaree and Wateree, form 
the Santee. 
OON'GE, f [conge', French.] ACt of reverence; bow; 
courtely: 
The captain falutes you with conge profound, 
And your ladyfliip curt’fies half way to the ground. Swift. 
Leave; farewel: 
So courteous conge both did give and take, 
"With right hands plighted, pledges of good-will. Spenfer. 
To CON'GE, <v. n. To take leave. —.1 have congCed with 
the duke, and done my adieu with his neareft. Shakefp. 
CON'GE,/. in architecture, a moulding in form of a 
quarter round, or a cavetto, which ferves to feparate two 
members froinmne another: fuch is that which joins the 
ihaft of the column to the cinCture. 
CON'GE d’ELIRE, f. The king’s permiflion to a dean 
and chapter, in time of vacation, to eleCt a bifliop. See 
the article Bishop, vol. iii. p. 66. 
To CONGE'AL, <v.' a. [cengelo, Lat.] To turn, by froft, 
from a fluid to a folid Hate: 
What more miraculous thing may be told, 
Than ice, which, is congeal'd with fenfelefs cold, 
Should kindle fire by wonderful device ? Spenfer. 
To bind or fix, as by cold.—Too much fadnefs hath con¬ 
geal'd your blood. Shakefpeare. 
To CONGE'AL, as. n. To concrete; to gather into a 
mafs by cold.—In the midft of molten lead, when it be- 
ginneth to congeal, make a little dent, into which put 
quickfilver wrapt in linen, and it will fix and run no 
more, and endure the hammer. Bacon. 
CONGEAL'MENT, /. The clot formed by congela¬ 
tion ; concretion : 
Enter the city, clip your wives, your friends; 
Tell them your feats, whilft they with joyful tears 
Wafh the congealmcnt from your wounds. Shakefpeare. 
CONCEIVABLE, adj. Sufceptible of congelation; 
capable of lofing its fluidity.—The chemifts define fait, 
Bom fome of its properties, to be a body fixable in the 
Are, and congelable again by cold into brittle globes or 
cryftals. Arbulhnot. 
CONGELA'TION, f. ACt of turning fluids to folids 
by cold.—The capillary tubes are obltruCted either by 
outward compreliion or congelation of the fluid. Arbuth- 
not. —State of being "congealed, or made folid by cold.— 
Many waters and fprings wilk never freeze; and many 
parts in rivers and lakes, where there are mineral erup¬ 
tions, will ftill perfift without congelation. Brown. —In 
chemiftry, congelation is applied to every traniition of mat¬ 
ter from the fluid to the folid (late. 
CONGELATI'VES, f. [from congelo, to congeal.] Me- 
C O N 
dicines that infpiflate humours, and flop fluxions and 
rheums. 
CON'GENER,/! [Lat.] Of th,e fame kind or nature.-—- 
The cherry-tree has .been often grafted on the laurel, to 
which it is a congener . Miller. 
CONGE'NEROUS, adj. [congener , Lat.] Of the fame 
kind; ariling from the fame original.—Thofe bodies, be¬ 
ing of a congenerous nature, do readily receive the imprel- 
fions of their nature. Brown. —From extreme and lading', 
colds proceeds a great run of apoplexies, and other con¬ 
generous difeafes. Arbuthnot. 
CONGE'NF.ROUSNESS,/". The quality of being from 
the fame original; belonging to the fame clafs. 
COJMGE'N! AL, adj. [con and genus", Lat.] Partaking of 
the fame genius; kindred; cognate:' in Swift it is fol¬ 
lowed by with. —He acquires a courage, and'ftitfnefs of 
opinion, not at all congenial with him. Swift. 
Smit with the love of lifter arts w'e came, 
And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. Pope. 
CONGENIA'LITY, f. Participation of the fame ge¬ 
nius ; cognation of mind, or nature. 
CONGE'NIALNESS,yi Cognation. 
CONGE'NITE, adj. [congenitus, Lat.] Of the fame 
birth; born with another; connate; begotten together. 
Many conclufions of moral and intellectual truths feem,, 
upon this account, to be congenite with us, connatural to 
us, and engraven in the very frame of the foul. Hale. 
CON'GER,/ [congrus, Lat. from ypa iu, to devour.] The 
fea-eel. See Mur^ena.—M any fifli, whofe fhape and na¬ 
ture are much like the eel, frequent both the lea and frelh 
rivers; as the mighty conger, taken often in the Severn* 
Walton. 
CONGE'RIES,/ [Lat.] A mafs of fmall bodies heaped 
up together.—The air is nothing but a congeries or heap 
of fmall, and for the raoll part of flexible, particles, of 
feveral llzes^ and of all kinds of figures. Boyle. 
To CONGE'ST, v. a. [congero, congefium, Lat.] To 
heap up; to gather together. 
CONGES'TIBLE, adj. That may be heaped up. 
CONGES'TION, f. [congeflio, Lat.] A collection of 
matter, as in abfcefles and tumours.— Congejlion is then, 
faid to be the caufe of a tumour, when the growth of it 
is flow', and without pain. Wifeman * 
CON'GIARY,/. [congiarhun, I.at. from congius, a me a* 
fure of corn.] A gift diltributed to the Roman people or 
foldiery, originally in corn, afterwards in money.—We 
fee on them the emperor and general officers, (landing as 
they diftributed a congiary to the loldiers or people. Addif. 
CON'GIUS,/ A liquid meafure of the ancient Romans,,, 
containing the eighth part of the amphora, or the fourth 
of the urna, or fix fextarii. The congius in Englifli mea- 
fure contains 2,070,676 folid inches; that is, leven pints, 
4,94.2 folid inches. 
To CONGLA'CIATE, <v. n. [conglaciatiis, Lat.] To 
turn to ice.—No other doth properly ccnglaciate but wa- 
. ter : for the determination of quickfilver is properly fixa¬ 
tion, and that of milk coagulation. Brown. 
CONCLACIA'TION,/! The Itate of being changed, 
or aCt of changing, into ice.—If cryftal be a ftone, it is 
concreted by a mineral fpirit, and Japidifical principles 3 
for, while it remained in a fluid body, it was a fubjeCt 
very unfit,for proper conglaciation. Browse. 
CON'GLETON, a borough-town in Chefliire, but fends 
no members to parliament. It is fituated on the river 
Dane, one hundred and fixty-one miles from London, and 
ten fouth-weft from Macclesfield. Its lilk and cotton 
manufactories give employment and bread to upwards of 
three thoufand people. The town is airy, neat, and clean, 
and has a charter of incorporation. Saturday is the mar¬ 
ket-day ; and its four fairs are the firft Thurfday .before 
Shrovetide, May 12, July 13, and November 22. 
To CON'GLOBA TE, nj./i. [conglobatus, Lat.] To ga¬ 
ther into a hard firm ball.—The tefticle. as is laid, is one 
large 
