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<hw>Con"greve rock"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Rocket</er>.</def>

<h1>Congrue</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"grue"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>congruere</ets>. See <er>Congruous</er>.]</ety> <def>To agree; to be suitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Congruence</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"gru*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>congruentia</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>cornguence</ets>.]</ety> <def>Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Congruency</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"gru*en*cy</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Congruence.</def>

<cs><col>Congruency of lines</col>. <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Complex of lines</cref>, under <er>Complex</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Congruent</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"gru*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>congruens</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>congruere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>congruent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>congruent</b> and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Congruent figures</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>concurring figures.</cd></cs>

<h1>Congruism</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"gru*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>congruisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Scholastic Theol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Congruity</er>.</def>

<h1>Congruity</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con*gru"i*ty</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Congruities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>congruit<?/</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.</def>

<blockquote>With what <b>congruity</b> doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ? <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A whole sentence may fail of its <b>congruity</b> by wanting one particle. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Scholastic Theol.)</fld> <def>That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.</def>

<h1>Congruous</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"gru*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>congruus</ets>, fr. <ets>congruere</ets> to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.</def>

<blockquote>Not <b>congruous</b> to the nature of epic poetry. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is no ways <b>congruous</b> that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Congruously</h1> <Xpage=303>

<hw>Con"gru*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a congruous manner.</def>