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CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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congest

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
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con=gest

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb congest has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

congestv. t. [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.].
  •  To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.  [1913 Webster]
    "To what will thy congested guilt amount?"  [1913 Webster]
  •  To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

congest, v.tr. (esp. as congested adj.) affect with congestion; obstruct, block (congested streets; congested lungs).

Derivative
congestive adj.
Etymology
L congerere congest- (as com-, gerere bring)

THESAURUS

congest

bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, brim, bung, caulk, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, close, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constipate, cork, cover, cram, crowd, dam, dam up, densen, densify, drench, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, foul, freight, glut, gluttonize, gorge, jam, jam-pack, lade, load, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, plug, plug up, press, ram down, ram in, satiate, saturate, soak, solidify, spile, squeeze, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, top off, wad, weight
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