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.