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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
congee
    n 1: a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast [syn: congee,
         jook]
    2: (architecture) a concave molding [syn: conge, congee]
    3: formal permission to depart; "he gave me his conge" [syn:
       conge, congee]
    4: an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal [syn: conge,
       congee]
    v 1: depart after obtaining formal permission; "He has congeed
         with the King"
    2: perform a ceremonious bow [syn: congee, conge]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Congee \Con"gee\, n. & v.
   See Cong['e], Conge. [Obs.]
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         And unto her his congee came to take.    --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Congee \Con*gee"\, n.
   1. [Tamil ka[ncir]shi boilings.] Boiled rice; rice gruel.
      [India]
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   2. A jail; a lockup. [India]
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   Congee discharges, rice water discharges. --Dunglison.

   Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled.
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