Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be in accordance; correspond; agree.
- Fitting; suitable; congruous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To agree; to be suitable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To agree; to be suitable.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Filia excedens annum 25. potest inscio patre nubere, licet indignus sit maritus, et eum cogere ad congrue dotandum.
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For Modistae such as Boethius of Dacia and Thomas of Erfurt, the proper subject of grammar is well-formed, significant speech (sermo congrue significativus), the principles of which are expressed in the modi significandi.
Thomas of Erfurt Zupko, Jack 2006
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Quoniam postquam incipiunt spargi per terras, vndique homines qu鎟unt, et nullus congrue auxilium alteri potest pr鎎ere: quoniam ipsi cateruatim vndique qu鎟unt homines et occidunt.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sed quando plene habent dominium super eos, si aliquid promiserunt eis nihil obseruant: sed quascunque possunt congrue occasiones inueniunt contra eos.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Moreover, the government set a minimum; [Footnote: _Portion congrue. _] and if the income of the parish priest fell below it, the owner of the great tithes was bound to make up the difference.
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Hinc eft quod Hobbius fuis opinionibus fatis congrue affirmat;, in tempore feditionis Sc belii Civi - lis duo fieri fumma Imperia ex uno, c.
De legibus naturae, disquisitio philosophica, in qua earum forma, summa capita, ordo ... 1672
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Ulrich Engelbert, a contemporary, calls him the wonder and the miracle of his age: "Vir in omni scientia adeo divinus, ut nostri temporis stupor et miraculum congrue vocari possit" (De summo bono, tr.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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