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CONGEST

\kənd͡ʒˈɛst], \kənd‍ʒˈɛst], \k_ə_n_dʒ_ˈɛ_s_t]\

Definitions of CONGEST

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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To cause the blood vessels of (an organ or part of the body) to become too full; to make overcrowded; as, to congest traffic.
To become too full of blood; said of an organ or part of the body.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To become overcrowded.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To cause to accumulate, as blood in an organ.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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