rare. [f. L. congress-, ppl. stem of congredī: cf. digress; or f. CONGRESS sb.]
1. intr. To come together, assemble, congregate.
1847. Mrs. Gore, Castles in Air, xxxv. Among the valetudinarians who congress every winter at Nice, my sister might find some sentimental convalescent.
2. To meet in congress, attend a congress. Hence Congresser (newsp. word), Congressing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1858. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt. (1865), II. VI. v. 174. The solid Earth … reaped no effect from those Twenty Years of Congressing.
1882. Daily News, 22 Aug., 4/7. As iron sharpeneth iron, so does the countenance of congressing man the countenance of his friend who congresses with him.
1889. Pall Mall G., 2 Oct., 6/1. Mr. Edward Terry … appeared before the Church Congressers.
