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con⋅gest
[kuh
n-jest] 
–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)
| 4. | to become congested: His throat congested with phlegm. |
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| con·gest (kən-jěst') v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests v. tr.
To become congested. [Latin congerere, congest-, to heap up, crowd together : com-, com- + gerere, to carry.] con·ges'tion n., con·ges'tive adj. |
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Congest
Con*gest"\, v. t. [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.]1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. To what will thy congested guilt amount? --Blackmore. 2. (Med.) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
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congest
1538, "to bring together" (trans.), from L. congestus, pp. of congerere "to bring together, pile up," from com- "together" + gerere "to carry, perform." Medical sense of "unnatural accumulation" (1758) led to transferred (intrans.) sense of "overcrowd" (1859).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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congest con·gest (kən-jěst')
v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests
To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in a vessel or an organ.
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