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<h1>Confiteor</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fit"e*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., I confess. See <er>Confess</er>.]</ety> <fld>(R.C.Ch.)</fld> <def>A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.</def>

<h1>Confiture</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con"fi*ture</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.</def>

<i>Sir J. Reynolds.</i>

<blockquote>If <b>congeniality</b> of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Congenialize</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"ial*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make congenial.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Congenially</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"ial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a congenial manner; <as>as, <ex>congenially</ex> married or employed</as>.</def>

<h1>Congenialness</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"ial*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Congeniality.</def>

<h1>Congenious</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"ious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Congeneric.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Congenital</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"i*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Congenite</er>.]</ety> <def>Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; <as>as, a <ex>congenital</ex> deformity</as>. See <er>Connate</er>.</def>

<h1>Congenitally</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"i*tal*ly</hw>, <tt>dv.</tt> <def>In a congenital manner.</def>

<h1>Congenite</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gen"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>congenitus</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>genitus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>gignere</ets> to beget. See <er>Generate</er>.]</ety> <def>Congenital; connate; inborn. See <er>Congenital</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be <b>congenite</b> with us. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conger</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conger</ets>, <ets>congrus</ets>, akin to Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>congre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The conger eel; -- called also <altname>congeree</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Conger sea</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the sea eel; a large species of eel (<spn>Conger vulgaris</spn>), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.</cd></cs>

<h1>Congeries</h1> <Xpage=300>

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

<h1>Congest</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*gest"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. </tt> <ety>[L. <ets>congestus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>congere</ets> to bring together; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>gerere</ets>. See <er>Gerund</er>.]</ety>