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con⋅gee

  [kon-jee] noun, verb, -geed, -gee⋅ing.
Use congee in a Sentence
–noun
1. congé.
–verb (used without object) Obsolete.
2. to take one's leave.
3. to bow ceremoniously.
Origin:
1350–1400; (n.) late ME conge, c(o)unge < AF cung(i)é, OF congié < L commeātus furlough, lit., passage, coming and going, equiv. to commeā(re) to go, travel (com- com- + meāre to proceed, pass, travel) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) ME congeien < AF, v. deriv. of n.

con⋅gé

  [kon-zhey, -jey; Fr. kawn-zhey]
–noun, plural -gés  [-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.
Also, congee.

Origin:
1695–1705; < F; see congee
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con·gé   (kŏn'zhā', -jā', kôɴ-zhā')   
n.  

  1. Formal or authoritative permission to depart.

  2. An abrupt dismissal.

  3. A leave-taking.

  4. A formal bow.

  5. Architecture A concave molding.


[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.]
con·gee   (kŏn'jē)   
n.  Variant of congé.
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