† congrueadj.
Obsolete.
1. Agreeable to the character or nature of anything; fitting, suitable, becoming, due, proper.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]
goodeOE
rightOE
queemlOE
belonglOE
behovingc1175
limplyc1200
tidefula1300
avenantc1300
mackc1330
worthy1340
hemea1350
convenientc1374
seemlya1375
shapelyc1374
ablea1382
cordant1382
meetc1385
accordable1386
accordinga1387
appurtenantc1386
pertinentc1390
accordanta1393
likea1393
setea1400
throa1400
agreeablec1425
habilec1425
suitly1426
competentc1430
suiting1431
fitc1440
proportionablec1443
justc1450
congruent?a1475
cordinga1475
congruec1475
afferant1480
belonging1483
cordable1485
hovable1508
attainanta1513
accommodate1525
agreeing1533
respondent1533
opportunate?1541
appropriate1544
commode1549
familiar1553
apt1563
pliant1565
liable1570
sortly1570
competible1586
sortable1586
fitty1589
accommodable1592
congruable1603
affining1606
feated1606
suity1607
reputable1611
suited1613
idoneousa1615
matchable1614
suitablea1616
congruous1631
fitten1642
responsal1647
appropriated1651
adapt1658
mack-like1672
squared1698
homogeneous1708
applicable1711
unforeign1718
fitted1736
congenial1738
assorted1790
accommodatable1874
OK1925
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 It semiþ hem to preche, it is profit to bles, it is congrew to sacre.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 3 She had not tyme congrue to fulfylle it.
c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. ix/2 The Mayre aldirmen..may sette Congrew remedy.
1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xii. sig. F.iiijv The congrue, decente and semely worshyppyng of God.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 10/2 Setting all thynges in a congrue order.
2. = congruous adj. 4.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > relating to or having concord
congrue1495
congruent1596
congruous1647
concordal1879
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ii. ii. sig. bi/2 Noo reason is congrue [a1398 BL Add. conger] in the whiche the nominatyf caas & the verbe dyscorde in nombre & in persone.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxlvi. f. clxviii Congrewe Englysshe or of parfyte sentence.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xv. sig. Hiv Rules, wherby a childe shall..lerne to speake congrue latine.
1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson i. 57 I know not by what rule of Grammer, this can be iustified to be congrue latine.
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† congruev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To agree, accord. (The Quarto reading in the two following passages of Shakespeare. The stress differs in the two quots.)
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cord1340
concordc1374
agree1447
to stand togetherc1449
rhyme?a1475
commonc1475
gree?a1513
correspond1529
consent1540
cotton1567
pan1572
reciprocate1574
concur1576
meet1579
suit1589
sorta1592
condog1592
square1592
fit1594
congrue1600
sympathize1601
symbolize1605
to go even1607
coherea1616
congreea1616
hita1616
piece1622
to fall in1626
harmonize1629
consist1638
comply1645
shadow1648
quare1651
atonea1657
symphonize1661
syncretize1675
chime1690
jibe1813
consone1873
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 182 Gouernment..being put into parts, Congrueth with a mutuall consent like musicke.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. iii. 66 Our soueraigne processe, which imports at full By Letters congruing [1623 coniuring] to that effect The present death of Hamlet. View more context for this quotation
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