Conglutinative
(Con*glu"ti*na"tive) a. [Cf. F. conglutinatif.] Conglutinant.
Congou
(Con"gou Con"go) , n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less
dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.
Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place
of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea."
S. W.
Williams.
Congo snake
(Con"go snake") (Zoöl.) An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in
the southern United States. See Amphiuma.
Congratulant
(Con*grat"u*lant) a. [L. congratulans, p. pr.] Rejoicing together; congratulatory.
With like joy
Congratulant approached him.
Milton.
Congratulate
(Con*grat"u*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congratulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congratulating.] [L.
congratulatus, p. p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus
pleasing. See Grateful.] To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some
happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion.
Shak.
To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.
Syn. — To Congratulate, Felicitate. To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has
the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means
synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps
felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event.
Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy
and joy.
Trench.
Congratulate
(Con*grat"u*late), v. i. To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's
country. [R.] Swift.
The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves.
Dryden.
Congratulation
(Con*grat`u*la"tion) n. [L. congratulatio: cf. F. congratulation.] The act of congratulating; an
expression of sympathetic pleasure.
With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival.
Dr. J. Scott.
Congratulator
(Con*grat"u*la`tor) n. One who offers congratulation. Milton.
Congratulatory
(Con*grat"u*la*to*ry) a. Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
Congree
(Con*gree") v. i. [Pref. on- + L. gratus pleasing. Cf. Agree.] To agree. [bs.] Shak.
Congreet
(Con*greet") v. t. To salute mutually. [Obs.]
Congregate
(Con"gre*gate) a. [L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to
collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
