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A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representativ…

Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.

A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

See under Rocket.

To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak.

Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency. Holland.

Congruence. Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n.

Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding. The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B. Jonson. Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.

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The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir…

Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. Blair. It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury.

In a congruous manner.

Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.

The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

Not congealable; incapable of being congealed. -- In`con*geal"a*ble*ness, n.

Not congenial; uncongenial. [R.] -- In`con*ge`ni*al"i*ty. [R.]

Want of congruence; incongruity. Boyle.

Incongruous. Sir T. Elyot.

The quality or state of being incongruous; want of congruity; unsuitableness; inconsistency; impropriety. The fathers make use of this acknowledgment of the incongruity of images to the Deity, from thence to prove the incongruity of the worship of them. Bp. Stillingfleet.