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conge

conge is the alternative form of congy.

conge is the alternative form of congé.

conge is the alternative form of congee.

Meaning of congy

Noun

congy (plural congys or congies)

  1. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of congius, Roman units of liquid measure and mass.
    Synonyms:
    congius, Roman units of liquid measure and mass

Meaning of congé

Noun

congé (plural congés)

  1. Synonym of apophyge or cavetto, supports at the top or bottom of pillars, particularly rings or ferrils in the extremities of wooden pillars, added to provide support and prevent splintering, their imitation in stone, or a molding in the form of a quarter round.
    Synonyms:
    apophyge or cavetto, supports at the top or bottom of pillars, particularly rings or ferrils in the extremities of wooden pillars, added to provide support and prevent splintering, their imitation in stone, or a molding in the form of a quarter round

Verb

conge (third-person singular simple present conges, present participle congeing, simple past and past participle conged)

  1. Synonym of congee: to take leave, to bid farewell, in various senses; to bow, to curtsey, etc.
    • So giving to the Houſe content,
      We Conge'd, and away we went.1724, Ned Ward, “The Merry Travellers: or, a Trip upon Ten-Toes from Moorfields to Bromley”, in The Wandring Spy: or, the Merry Observator, London: A. Bettesworth, published 1729, page 44
    Synonyms:
    congee

Synonyms of conge

Forms of conge

Noun
pluralconges
Verb
third-person singular presentconges
present participlecongeing
past participleconged
pastconged

Origin of conge

From French conge, from Latin congius. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys.

Accentless form of congé.

Questions about conge

What does conge mean?
Conge means synonym of congee: to take leave, to bid farewell, in various senses; to bow, to curtsey, etc.
What is conge the alternative form of?
Conge is the alternative form of congy.
What part of speech is conge?
Conge is a verb.
What is the past tense of conge?
The past tense of conge is conged.

Words near conge in the dictionary

  1. Congaree
  2. congas
  3. Congazcicul de Sus
  4. Congdon
  5. Congdons
  6. conge
  7. congeable
  8. congeal
  9. congealability
  10. congealable
  11. congealableness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conge (page history and authors); congy (page history and authors); congé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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