See Also: congress(dictionary)
CONGRESS, med(law)
congress(dictionary)
MEMBER OF CONGRESS(law)
Paris, Congress of(encyclopedia)
Troppau, Congress of(encyclopedia)
Verona, Congress of(encyclopedia)
Vienna, Congress of(encyclopedia)
Congress Party, the(dictionary)
Continental Congress, the(dictionary)

congress (iou)



congress noun & verb. LME.
[Latin congressus, from congress- pa. ppl stem of congredi go together, meet, formed as CON- + gradi proceed, step.]
A. noun.
An encounter in combat. LME-E18.
A coming together (of persons, of things); a meeting. E16.
J. Woodward A fortuitous Congress of Atoms. Disraeli Never was a congress of friendship wherein more was said and felt.
= COPULATION 2. Now arch. or literary. L16.
J. R. Ackerley It did not enter my head..that my father might still be having congress with my mother.
Social intercourse. arch. E17.
A formal meeting or assembly of delegates etc. for discussion, esp. of people belonging to a particular body or engaged in special studies. L17.
Church Congress: see CHURCH noun.
(Congress.) The national legislative body of the US during any two-year term, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate. Also, the corresponding body in some other countries. L18.
Continental Congress: see CONTINENTAL adjective. Member of Congress: see MEMBER noun 2.
Comb.: congress boot a high boot with elastic sides; Congressman: belonging to the US Congress; Congress Party a broadly-based political party in India, arising directly from the Indian independence movement (which met as the Indian National Congress from 1885); Congresspeople, Congressperson, Congresswoman: belonging to the US Congress.
b. verb intrans. Meet in congress, come together, assemble. rare. M19.
con'gression noun (rare) [Latin congressio(n-)] (a) hostile encounter; (b) = CONGRESS noun 3; (c) = CONGRESS noun 2: LME.
congressist noun (rare) a member or supporter of a congress L19.