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congest

[kuh n-jest]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
  2. Pathology. to cause an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel): The cold congested her sinuses.
  3. Obsolete. to heap together.
verb (used without object)
  1. to become congested: His throat congested with phlegm.

Origin of congest

1530–40; < Latin congestus (past participle of congerere; see congeries), equivalent to con- con- + ges- (variant stem of gerere) + -tus past participle suffix
Related formscon·gest·i·ble, adjectivecon·ges·tive, adjectivenon·con·ges·tive, adjectivepre·con·gest·ed, adjectivepre·con·ges·tive, adjectivesu·per·con·gest·ed, adjectiveun·con·gest·ed, adjectiveun·con·ges·tive, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • At the close of the Civil War, more than a million soldiers were discharged to seek new homes in an uncongested area.

    David Lannarck, Midget

    George S. Harney

British Dictionary definitions for uncongested

congest

verb
  1. to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
  2. to overload or clog (an organ or part) with blood or (of an organ or part) to become overloaded or clogged with blood
  3. (tr; usually passive) to block (the nose) with mucus
Derived Formscongestible, adjectivecongestive, adjective

Word Origin

C16: from Latin congestus pressed together, from congerere to assemble; see congeries
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Word Origin and History for uncongested

congest

v.

early 15c., "to bring together" (transitive), from Latin congestus, past participle of congerere "to bring together, pile up," from com- "together" (see com-) + gerere "to carry, perform" (see gest). Medical sense of "unnatural accumulation" (1758) led to transferred (intransitive) sense of "overcrowd" (1859). Related: Congested; congesting.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
uncongested in Medicine

congest

(kən-jĕst′)
v.
  1. To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in a vessel or an organ.
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