Definitions
1.nounA curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
2.nounLeave, formal permission for some action, :
3.nounFormal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
4.nounFormal leavetaking; any farewell.
5.nounA fee paid to make another go away, alms to a persistent beggar.
6.nounA bow, curtsey, or other gesture made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
7.verbTo give congee, (particularly)
8.verbTo take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
9.verbTo make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.
10.nounAn ancient Roman unit of volume in liquid measure consisting of six sextarii or one-eighth amphora (about 118 fluid ounces).
11.nounAn ancient Roman unit of weight under Vespasian equal to the weight of a congius of water.