conge
verbEtymology Accentless form of congé.
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Synonym of congee: to take leave, to bid farewell, in various senses; to bow, to curtsey, etc.
- So giving to the Houſe content, We Conge'd, and away we went.1724, Ned Ward, “The Merry Travellers: or, a Trip upon Ten-Toes from Moorfields to Bromley”, in The Wandring Spy: or, the Merry Observator, London: A. Bettesworth, published 1729, page 44: