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congruing

congruing is the present participle and gerund of congrue.

Meaning of congrue

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To 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

Questions about congruing

What is congruing the present participle and gerund of?
Congruing is the present participle and gerund of congrue.

Words near congruing in the dictionary

  1. congruent
  2. congruential
  3. congruentially
  4. congruently
  5. congrues
  6. congruing
  7. congruism
  8. congruities
  9. congruity
  10. congruous
  11. congruously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: congruing (page history and authors); congrue (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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