congressive

English

Etymology

From congress +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

congressive (comparative more congressive, superlative most congressive)

1. Encountering, or coming together.

   congressive behavior

   congressive people

   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     if it be understood of Sexes conjoined , all plants are Female ; and if of disjoined and congressive generation , there is no Male or Female in them at all

Derived terms

• congressively

 

References

• “congressive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.