3. (Scholastic Theol.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.
Con"gru*ous (?), a. [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.] 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.
Con"gru*ous*ly, adv. In a congruous manner.
Con*hy"drine (? or &?;), n. [Conium + hydrate.] (Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.
||Co*ni"a (? or &?;), n. [NL. See Conium.] (Chem.) Same as Conine.
{ Con"ic (?), Con"ic*al (?) }, a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. conique. See Cone.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.