[kuh
n-jest] 
| 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. |
| 4. | to become congested: His throat congested with phlegm. |
| 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. |
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.