congrue

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verb

To agree; to be suitable.

OriginLatin congruere →
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Meanings

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

    present singular third person congrues · participle present congruing · participle past congrued · past congrued

    1. obsoleteTo agree; to be suitable.

      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

    Origin

    1. Latincongruere
    2. Englishcongrue

    From Latin congruere. See congruous.

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