Definition of: congest

(kən·jest′) v.t.
1. To collect or crowd together; overcrowd.
2. Pathol. To surcharge an organ or member with blood.
3. Obs. To collect; accumulate.
—v.i.
4. To become congested. [<L congestum, pp. of congerere <com- together + gerere bear, carry]
—con·ges′tive adjective