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Con*gen"ial*ize (?), v. t. To make congenial. [R.]

Con*gen"ial*ly, adv. In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.

Con*gen"ial*ness, n. Congeniality.

Con*gen"ious (?), a. Congeneric. [Obs.]

Con*gen"i*tal (?), a. [From Congenite.] Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.

Con*gen"i*tal*ly, adv. In a congenital manner.

Con*gen"ite (?), a. [L. congenitus; con- + genitus, p. p. of gignere to beget. See Generate.] Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [Obs.]

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

Con"ger (?), n. [L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. &?;: cf. F. congre.] (Zo÷l.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

Conger sea (Zo÷l.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.

Con*ge"ri*es (?), n. sing & pl. [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Con*gest" (#), v. t. [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.]

1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

To what will thy congested guilt amount? Blackmore.

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

Con*gest"ed (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Crowded together. Gray.

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperŠmic; -- said of any part of the body.

Con*ges"tion (?; 106), n. [L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.] 1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.]

The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn.

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

Con*gest"ive (?), a. (Med.) Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.

Con"gi*a*ry (?), n.; pl. Congiaries (#). [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.

&fist; In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained.

||Con"gi*us (?), n. [L.] 1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

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

Con*gla"ci*ate (?; 221), v. t. & i. [L. conglaciatus, p. p. of conglaciare. See Glaciate.] To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Con*gla`ci*a"tion (?), 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.

Con*glo"bate (?; 277), 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.