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)

1. (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.

Related terms

• congruence
• congruent

References

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

French

Adjective

congrue

1. feminine singular of congru

Italian

Adjective

congrue

1. feminine plural of congruo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡru.e/, [ˈkɔŋɡruɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.ɡru.e/, [ˈkɔŋɡrue]

Verb

congrue

1. 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016