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Antonyms for congest

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-jest
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒɛst

Definition of congest

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to bring together" (transitive), from Latin congestus, past participle of congerere "to bring together, pile up," from com- "together" (see com-) + gerere "to carry, perform" (see gest). Medical sense of "unnatural accumulation" (1758) led to transferred (intransitive) sense of "overcrowd" (1859). Related: Congested; congesting.
  • verb clog
Example sentences :
  • The effect of alcohol on the brain of an adult is to congest it finally.
  • Extract from : « Remarks » by Bill Nye
  • Congest′ed, affected with an unnatural accumulation of blood: overcrowded; Congest′ible.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • They seem to congest in the cities because the cities are necessarily their places of first arrival.
  • Extract from : « Races and Immigrants in America » by John R. Commons
  • In such cases and the countless others that congest the lists of the lower courts arguments of fact must be made.
  • Extract from : « The Making of Arguments » by J. H. Gardiner
  • The contents of a hundred Primers rose higgledy-piggledy, to congest his mind and memory.
  • Extract from : « The Promise of Air » by Algernon Blackwood
  • The keen night air had seemed for the moment fairly to congest her lungs and render her speechless and breathless.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures » by Alice Emerson
  • It is an easy thing to have printed congealed for that word, and congest occurs in A Lover's Complaint.
  • Extract from : « Notes & Queries, No. 4, Saturday, November 24, 1849 » by Various

Synonyms for congest

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