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conged

conged is the simple past and past participle of conge.

conged is the simple past and past participle of congé.

Meaning of conge

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

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

Questions about conged

What is conged the simple past and past participle of?
Conged is the simple past and past participle of conge.

Words near conged in the dictionary

  1. congealeth
  2. congealing
  3. congealment
  4. congealments
  5. congeals
  6. conged
  7. congee
  8. congee house
  9. congee houses
  10. congeed
  11. congeeing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conged (page history and authors); conge (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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