congressive

[Eng. congre ; -ive.] Meeting, coming together, encountering, copulating. if of disjoyned and congre ive generation, there is no male or female in them at all."-Browne: Vul . gar Errors , bk. ii., ch. vi. con-grēve, s . & a . [Named after Sir Wm. Congreve, the second baronet of that name, who was born in Middle sex, May 20, 1772, invented in 1808 the rocket called after him, and died May 14, 1828.] A. As substantive : 1. The invention mentioned in the etymology. 2. A lucifer match. B. As adj .: Pertaining to or invented by him. congreve-match, s. A kind of lucifer match. congreve-rocket, s. [ROCKET.] con-grûe, v. i. [ Lat.congruo =to agree together, to correspond.] To agree, to correspond, to be consistent. "Put into parts doth keep in one consent; Congruing in a full and natural close, Like music." Shakesp.: Hen. V., i. 2.