Congreve

[kon-greev, kong-]

noun

1. William, 1670–1729, English dramatist.

2. Sir William, 1772–1828, English engineer and inventor.

Congreve

/ ˈkɒŋɡriːv /

noun

1. William. 1670–1729, English dramatist, a major exponent of Restoration comedy; author of Love for Love (1695) and The Way of the World (1700)

Example Sentences

"We turn them up and we measure them, they're dead pretty quickly," says Mr Congreve.

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At times they call to mind one of Congreve’s or Sheridan’s comedies of manners.

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Any woman of a certain age in anything by Shakespeare, Dickens, Congreve, Dryden or Sheridan.

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Also playing to her comedic strengths was the role of Lady Wishfort in “The Way of the World,” a comedy of manners by the 18th-century British dramatist William Congreve.

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Music is often thought of as inherently good, a view exemplified in the playwright Wilhelm Congreve's oft-cited aphorism "music hath charms to soothe a savage breast."

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