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confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress.

One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists. Sir J. Shore.

rch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

he state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.

Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. "Public pæans of congratulation." De Quincey.

One who pants. Congreve.

A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. Quain.

ar priest, clergyman, or minister; also, loosely, the territory in which the members of a congregation live. [U. S.]

lative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.

.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption;…

nd tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. Passive congestion (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. -- Passive iron (Chem.), iron which has been subjected to the action of heat, of strong nitric acid, chlorine, etc. It is then no…

ed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift.

To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass. [R.] H. Spencer.

A lover. [R.] Congreve.

sented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a law." Also, an analogous retention of a bill by a State governor.

to urge with earnestness by public teaching. "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation." Ps. xl. 9.

The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.

r under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance. I'll bring thee to the present business Shak.

A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions.