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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Congee \Con"gee\, n. & v.
See {Cong['e]}, {Conge}. [Obs.]
And unto her his congee came to take --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Congee \Con*gee"\, n.
1. [Tamil ka?shi boilings.] Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]
2. A jail; a lockup. [India]
{Congee discharges}, rice water discharges. --Dunglison.
{Congee water}, water in which rice has been boiled.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
congee
v 1: depart after obtaining formal permission: "He has congeed
with the King"
2: perform a ceremonious bow [syn: {conge}]
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