Definition of congress

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Congress (n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter..

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Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for Congress..
Orientalist :: Orientalist (n.) One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest..
Supply :: Supply (n.) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies..
Congressmen :: Congressmen (pl. ) of Congressma.
Run :: Run (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress..
Congressman :: Congressman (n.) A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives..
Half-boot :: Half-boot (n.) A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress..
Congress :: Congress (n.) The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
Ratio :: Ratio (n.) Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress..
House :: House (n.) One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capacity; as, the House of Lords; the House of Commons; the House of Representatives; also, a quorum of such a body. See Congress, and Parliament..
Engineer :: Engineer (v. t.) To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress..
Present :: Present (a.) Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance..
Call :: Call (v. t.) To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen..
Eisteddfod :: Eisteddfod (n.) Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom..
Congress :: Congress (n.) The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation..
Representative :: Representative (n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress..
Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. i.) To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day..
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