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单词 congress
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congressn.

Brit. /ˈkɒŋɡrɛs/, /ˈkɒŋɡrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkɑŋɡrəs/
Etymology: < Latin congressus going or coming together, meeting, < congress- , participial stem of congredī to go together: see congredient adj. and n.: compare French congrès (congrez in Cotgrave 1611).
1.
a. The action of coming together (of persons); a meeting, interview.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting
synagoguea1300
councilc1340
collect1382
convent1382
convocation1387
samingc1400
advocationa1425
meetingc1425
steven1481
congress1528
concion1533
conference1575
collection1609
congression1611
divan1619
rendezvous1628
comitia1631
society1712
majlis1821
get-up1826
agora1886
1528 J. Foxe Let. to Gardiner in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxvi. 81 After iij or iiij congresses ye see no likelihode..to relent and cesse your suit.
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. iii. 400 They [sc. lovers]..commonly blush at their first congresse.
a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) Introd. 4 The Congress of Solon with Crœsus some think they can confute by Chronology.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. vii. ii. 94 There never was a Congress of Friendship wherein more was said and felt.
b. The assembling of a society, etc. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun]
meetingc1330
convention1490
visaginga1500
conventicle1589
conventinga1625
conjuncture1644
convening1659
congress1675
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Introd. 6 It is now the Place of Congress for the Royal Society.
2. A coming together, meeting (of things). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence
concourse1398
recountera1470
congress1578
concurrency1597
flocking1604
confluence1606
contraction1610
congression1611
closing1625
conflux1655
coition1656
concurrencea1661
convolation1676
concursion1692
convergence1713
convergency1794
the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > [noun] > action or fact of converging
congress1578
contracting1585
congression1611
concentration1612
concentering1641
convergence1713
convergency1794
convergement1839
focusing1844
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 4 A mutuall Congresse, or Coarticulation of the bones.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 111 Medicinal Nitre..in congress with a certain sulphur.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 58 A fortuitous Congress of Atoms.
1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 355 Their electricity suffers no diminution from the shock of their congress.
3. An encounter in opposition or combat. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter
encounter1297
counterc1330
brusha1400
recountering1410
recountera1470
encountering1482
re-encounter1525
re-encountry1569
passage1608
congression?1611
confronta1626
traverse1640
clash1646
congress1646
conjunction1648
head-to-head1899
go-around1912
mano a mano1950
face-off1956
bitchfest1985
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 9 In divers hazardous congresses and battels.
1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 4 Fairfax his Regiment..was near surpriz'd..Which congress they would needs an Horse-race call.
1727 N. Lardner Wks. (1838) I. 98 The congress of Vitellius and Artabanus.
4. Sexual union, copulation, coition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
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moneOE
meanc1175
manredc1275
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couplec1320
companyc1330
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the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
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knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
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commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
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coition1615
doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
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other thing1628
buck1632
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commistion1658
subagitation1658
cuntc1664
coit1671
intimacy1676
the last favour1676
quiffing1686
old hat1697
correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. sig. ijv It is, two strange serpents entertangled in their amorous congresse.
1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. i. 46 [They] had each of them a Son from that incestuous Congress.
1766 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 47 People..expect the issue of such a marriage would be tawny; which indeed is the usual effect produced by the congress of black and white persons.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 38 In all higher Vertebrata, the ova are impregnated by sexual congress.
5.
a. Social intercourse, converse.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > [noun]
conversationc1340
dolea1400
repairc1425
fellowshipc1450
frequentation?1520
communion1529
society1531
commerce1537
commercement1537
society1538
trade1555
intercourse1557
company1576
intercommunication1586
interdeal1591
entertain1602
consort1607
entregent1607
quarter1608
commercing1610
converse1610
trucka1625
congress1628
socialty1638
frequency1642
socialitya1649
socialness1727
intercommuniona1761
social life1812
dialogue1890
discourse1963
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 1 Dialectick is profitable vnto Congresse.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. i. §2. 6 All desirous of congresse, and mutuall correspondence.
1875 L. H. Grindon Life (new ed.) xxvii. 355 Genuine and lively virtues are developed only by social congress.
b. bird of congress n. Obsolete a social or gregarious bird.
ΚΠ
1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 209 The crane..is also a bird of congress.
6.
a. A formal meeting or assembly of delegates or representatives for the discussion or settlement of some question; spec. (in politics) of envoys, deputies, or plenipotentiaries representing sovereign states, or of sovereigns themselves, for the settlement of international affairs. Also an annual or periodical meeting or series of meetings of some association or society, or of persons engaged in special studies, as Social Science Congress, Congress of Orientalists, etc.church congress: see church n.1 and adj. Compounds 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > assembly of delegates or representatives
congress1678
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > diplomatic negotiation > congress
congress1678
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference > particular types of
parliament?a1400
diet1471
symposiac1603
by-conference1625
guestling1629
sanhedrim1653
comitia1684
symposium1784
assembly1794
powwow1812
neighbourhood meeting1823
colloquium1861
congress1861
party conference1875
indaba1894
press conference1908
case conference1913
story conference1920
telemeeting1973
poster session1974
START1981
presser1988
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Congress, is now generally taken for the Assembly or Meeting together of the Deputies, or Plenipotentiaries of several Princes, to treat about a Peace, or any other grand Affair.
1681 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 105 (note) The congress in Henry the Second's Time at Clarendon.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 359 When he was just arrived to the congress.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xxiv. 399 It was agreed by the two kings, that a congress should be held at Vervins.
1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 323 Deputies..had been sent to Vienna during the Congress.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 4 A lecture delivered at an architectural congress.
1879 M. Arnold Pref. to Wordsworth 21 The haunters of Social Science Congresses.
1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 309/2 A congress of Americanists recently assembled in Copenhagen.
b. Assembly, congregation. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals
lathingc897
sameningc950
gatheringc1000
ymongOE
droveOE
companya1275
routc1300
assembly1330
queleta1382
sembly1389
parliamenta1400
sankinga1400
concoursec1440
riotc1440
ensemblyc1500
unity1543
resorta1557
congress1639
resemblance1662
boorach1704
group1711
parade1722
assemblage1742
roll-up1861
agora1886
1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xvi. 13 In the Congresse of Sinners, fire shall flame and never cease.
c. A society or organization that meets from time to time for the settlement of common concerns.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization
invisible college1647
rota1660
working party1744
free association1761
working committee1821
Ethical Society1822
bar association1824
league1846
congress1870
tiger1874
cult1875
Daughters of the American Revolution1890
community group1892
housing association1898
working party1902
development agency1910
affinity group1915
propaganda machine1916
funding body1922
collective1925
Ku-Klux1930
network1946
NGO1946
production brigade1950
umbrella organization1950
plantation1956
think-tank1958
think group1961
team1990
1870 L. Brentano in Eng. Gilds Introd. 178 From 1772 an extremely vigorous Trade-Society existed among them [hatters]..The society was called the Congress, was regulated by statutes, and framed bye-laws. All workmen of the trade belonged to it.
7.
a. The national legislative body of the United States of America (as a continuous institution, and as a body existing for two years, after which a new ‘congress’ is elected; also the session of this body).The Congress of the United States (commonly referred to simply as ‘Congress’), which met for the first time on 4 March 1789, was preceded by the Congress of the Confederation, representing the several states under the Articles of Confederation, from 1781 to 1789, and this again by the three so-called Continental Congresses (Continental Congress at continental adj. 3a) of the colonies in revolt, which met in 1774, 1775 and 1776 respectively. But the last were properly congresses in sense 6.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A.
congress1775
1765 Massachusetts Assembly 6 June in Holmes Ann. of Amer. (1829) II. 134 It is highly expedient there should be a meeting..to consider of a general Congress.
1773 S. Adams Lett. 9 Apr. in Wells Life (1865) II. 84 Should the correspondence from Virginia produce a Congress and then an assembly of States.
1773 Answ. of Mass. Ho. of Reprs. in A. Bradford Speeches Governors Mass. (1818) 364 We should be unwilling to propose it, without their [the other colonies'] consent in Congress.]
1775 Jrnl. Continental Congress 13 Sept. Information, being given to Congress.
1775 Col. E. Allen in Holmes Ann. of Amer. (1829) I. 208 I demand it [surrender of Fort Ticonderoga] in the name of the great Jehovah and of the Continental Congress.
1776 Declaration of Independece in Ann. Reg. 1776 (1777) 261/2 (heading) A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled (July 4).
1783 Gentleman's Mag. 53 i. 166 It is agreed, That the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the Legislatures of the respective States, to provide, etc.
1785 T. Jefferson Corr. (1859) I. 349 Congress, by the Confederation, have no original and inherent power over the commerce of the States.
1789 Constit. U.S. i. §1 All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.
1789 Constit. U.S. i. §4 The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year.
1789 Constit. U.S. i. §5 During the session of Congress.
1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 128 The member of congress for Georgia.
1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time vii. 229 Congress legislates, or enacts laws.
1886 U.S. Senate Manual 72 On the 5th of March 1794, at the first session of the Third Congress.
b. The corresponding body in the republics of South and Central America.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > Central or South America
congress1837
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. The congress is composed of a senate..and of a house of representatives, to which a deputy is sent for every 15,000 souls.
1891 Daily News 27 Apr. 5/8 (War in Chili) The Congress party are now in possession of Caldera and Carrizal.
8. See Conger n.2

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Also Congressman n.
Congress dollar n.
ΚΠ
1781 W. Cowper Let. 27 Feb. (1979) I. 454 That sort of paper Currency must serve like the Congress Dollars, [etc.].
Congress service n.
ΚΠ
1779 Gentleman's Mag. 49 484 The Pallas, a French Frigate..the Vengeance, an armed brig..all in Congress service.
C2.
congress boot n. a high boot with elastic sides.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > with elastic sides
congress boot1847
congress gaiter1852
Jemimas1902
Chelsea boots1962
1847 Semi-Weekly News (Fredericksburg, Va.) 12 Aug. 3/1 (advt.) Congress Boots and Shoes.
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 178 Men's dress boots, congress boots, and fine shoes.
1865 A. Lewis & J. R. Newhall Hist. Lynn 417 The congress boot began to be manufactured at this time (1846). Its peculiarity consisted mainly in the substitution of an elastic gore for the old lacing.
1923 K. D. Wiggin My Garden of Memory 46 A Congress boot, with the triangle of elastic on the side which characterized that creation of the late sixties.
1938 J. W. Daniels Southerner discovers South 156 He wore congress boots with elastic sides.
congress gaiter n. = congress boot n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > with elastic sides
congress boot1847
congress gaiter1852
Jemimas1902
Chelsea boots1962
1852 San Francisco Herald 5 Oct. 3/4 (advt.) Gents' fine patent leather Congress gaiters.
1885 Good Words July 454/1 Why boots with elastic sides should be called ‘Congress gaiters’ passes my comprehension.
1926 M. Sullivan Our Times 407 As late as the 1920's there were still customers for the type of footwear known as congress gaiters.
1937 D. F. Canfield Fables for Parents 265 The baskets set on the floor of the buggy at one side of Aunt Emma's congress gaiters.
Congress land n. public land under the control of Congress.
ΚΠ
1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 68 Congress lands, after the auction sales are closed, sell invariably for $2 an acre.
1837 J. M. Peck Gaz. Illinois iii. 278 The land office for the sale of Congress lands..is at this place.
1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier Schoolmaster iii. 28 You see this ere bottom was all Congress land in them there days.
Congress Party n. a political party in India; also elliptical as Congress.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [noun] > Indian politics > specific parties
Congress Party1937
Swatantra1959
1937 F. P. Crozier Men I Killed xii. 269 How far was the Government's decision influenced by the victory of the Congress Party at the Indian polls, and the refusal of Congress to collaborate in the new Constitution of India?
1959 Ann. Reg. 1958 ii. v. 106 The Government of India and the Congress Party became increasingly worried during the year over conditions in the Communist-governed State of Kerala.
Congress price n. a price fixed by Act of Congress.
ΚΠ
1776 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 183 I am determined not to be a purchaser [of tea] unless I can have it at Congress price.
1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 247 Land..can be purchased for the Institution at congress price.
Congress water n. a mineral water from Congress Spring, Saratoga, New York.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > water > [noun] > mineral water > types of
acidulae1670
Malvern water1756
Saratoga water1793
barége1811
Vichy1858
Congress water1865
Apollinaris1875
Contrexéville1877
Polly1878
Poland1881
St. Galmier1883
Vittel1895
Perrier1904
Evian1907
San Pellegrino1924
1865 Reader No. 117. 337/1 A dozen of Congress-water.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 13/2 The only internal treatment she prescribes is congress water and a grain or two of roasted coffee.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

congressv.

Etymology: < Latin congress-, participial stem of congredī : compare digress ; or < congress n.
rare.
1. /kənˈɡrɛs/. intransitive. To come together, assemble, congregate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals
gathera975
ensemblea1300
drawc1300
semble1389
herd1393
assemblea1400
routa1400
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trume?a1400
musterc1425
convene1429
resemblea1450
to draw together1455
forgather1513
accompany1534
troop1565
congregate1570
to get together1575
parliament?1589
accoil1590
join1706
to roll up1817
congressa1850
to round up1879
a1850 Mrs. Gore The valetudinarians who congress every winter at Nice.
2. /ˈkɒŋrɛs/. To meet in congress, attend a congress.
ΚΠ
1858 [see congressing n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1882 Daily News 22 Aug. 4/7 As iron sharpeneth iron, so does the countenance of congressing man the countenance of his friend who congresses with him.

Derivatives

ˈcongresser n. (newsp. word)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > assembly of delegates or representatives > member of
congresser1889
congressionist1889
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 6/1 Mr. Edward Terry..appeared before the Church Congressers.
ˈcongressing n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > assembly of delegates or representatives > attendance at
congressing1858
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [adjective] > relating to assembly of delegates > attending
congressing1858
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. v. 58 The solid Earth..reaped no effect from those Twenty Years of Congressing.
1882 [see sense 2].
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