congrue

English

Etymology

Latin congruere. See congruous.

Adjective

congrue

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Verb

congrue (third-person singular simple present congrues, present participle congruing, simple past and past participle congrued)

  1. (obsolete) To agree; to be suitable.
    • c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene III:
      Thou mayst not coldly set
      Our sovereign process; which imports at full,
      By letters congruing to that effect,
      The present death of Hamlet.

References

French

Adjective

congrue

  1. feminine singular of congru

Italian

Adjective

congrue

  1. feminine plural of congruo

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

congrue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of congruō

References

  • congrue”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • congrue in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • congrue in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016