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Definition of Congests
1. congest [v] - See also: congest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Congests
Literary usage of Congests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Irish Summer by William Eleroy Curtis (1909)
"In the newspapers and public documents these families are usually referred to
as " congests." As one might naturally infer, the advent of parties of ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"The blood, owing to its weight, congests within the abdominal vessels, while the
abdominal viscera drag on and so kink the vena cava inferior. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"19. congests, Smith. Tail (2-3 ft.), with a globular head of purple fls. : Ivs.
somewhat terete : fls. 6-12, sessile or nearly so, % in. long ; filaments 0 ..."
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