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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONGEST, v.t. [L., to bear.] To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul] [ant: unclog]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Latin congestus, past participle of congerere to bring together, from com- + gerere to bear Date: 1599 transitive verb 1. to concentrate in a small or narrow space 2. to cause an excessive accumulation especially of blood or mucus in (as an organ or part) 3. clog <traffic congested the highways> intransitive verb to become congested • congestion noun • congestive adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (esp. as congested adj.) affect with congestion; obstruct, block (congested streets; congested lungs). Derivatives: congestive adj. Etymology: L congerere congest- (as com-, gerere bring)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Congest Con*gest", v. t. [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.] 1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. To what will thy congested guilt amount? --Blackmore. 2. (Med.) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Moby Thesaurus

bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, brim, bung, caulk, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, close, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constipate, cork, cover, cram, crowd, dam, dam up, densen, densify, drench, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, foul, freight, glut, gluttonize, gorge, jam, jam-pack, lade, load, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, plug, plug up, press, ram down, ram in, satiate, saturate, soak, solidify, spile, squeeze, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, top off, wad, weight