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)
- (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.
- c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene III:
Related terms
References
- “congrue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Adjective
congrue
- feminine singular of congru
Italian
Adjective
congrue
- feminine plural of congruo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡru.ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.ɡru.e]
Verb
congrue
- 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