[kon-zhey, -jey; Fr. kawn-zhey] 
[-zheyz, -jeyz; Fr. -zhey] . | 1. | leave-taking; farewell. |
| 2. | permission to depart. |
| 3. | sudden dismissal. |
| 4. | a bow or obeisance. |
| 5. | Architecture. a concave molding, as an apophyge, formed by a quadrant curving away from a given surface and terminating perpendicular to a fillet parallel to that surface. |
| con·gé (kŏn'zhā', -jā', kôɴ-zhā') n.
[Middle English conge and French congé, both from Old French congie, from Latin commeātus, from past participle of commeāre, to come and go : com-, com- + meāre, to go; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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