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word: Commission₂
definition:
Commission

Com*mis"sion
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commissioned (?); p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1.
To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.

2.
To send out with a charge or commission.

A chosen band
He first commissions to the Latian land.
Dryden.


word: Commissionaire
definition:
Commissionaire

Com*mis`sion*aire"
(?)
n.
[F. commissionnaire. Cf. Commissioner.]
1.
One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like.
The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.

2.
One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London, employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc.

3.
a uniformed doorman.
[British]


word: Commissionary
definition:
Commissionary

Commissional

{ Com*mis"sion*al (?), Com*mis"sion*a*ry (?) }
a.
Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant.
[R.]

Delegate or commissionary authority.
Bp. Hall.


word: commissioned
definition:
commissioned

commissioned
adj.
1.
(Mil.)
holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above; -- of military officers.  Contrasts with noncommissioned.

2.
given official approval to act; as, commissioned broker.

Syn. -- accredited, licensed, licenced.

3.
created according to an order; as, a commissioned painting.


word: Commissioner
definition:
Commissioner

Com*mis"sion*er
(?)
n.
1.
A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.

To another address which requested that a commission might be sent to examine into the state of things in Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
Macaulay.

2.
An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.

Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
Macaulay.

The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
Bartlett.

Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.] -- County commissioners, certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.]


word: Commissionnaire
definition:
Commissionnaire

Com*mis`sion*naire"
(?; F. ?)
n.
[F., fr. L. commissio.]
1.
An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

2.
One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.


word: Commissive
definition:
Commissive

Com*mis"sive
(?)
a.
Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission.
[R.]


word: Commissure
definition:
Commissure

Com*mis"sure
(? or ?; 134-6)
n.
[L. commissura a joining together: cf. F. commissure. See Commit.]
1.
A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.

2.
(Anat. & Zool.)
(a)
The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.
(b)
A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

3.
(Bot.)
The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.


word: Commit
definition:
Commit

Com*mit"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Committed; p. pr. & vb. n. Committing.]
[L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com- + mittere to send. See Mission.]
1.
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

Commit thy way unto the Lord.
Ps. xxxvii. 5.

Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave.
Shak.

2.
To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

These two were committed.
Clarendon.

3.
To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Ex. xx. 14.

4.
To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.

5.
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.

You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign.
Junius.

Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States.
Marshall.

6.
To confound.
[An obsolete Latinism.]

Committing short and long [quantities].
Milton.

To commit a bill (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a committee or others, to be considered and reported. -- To commit to memory, or To commit, to learn by heart; to memorize.


word: Commit₂
definition:
Commit

Com"mit
v. i.
To sin; esp., to be incontinent.
[Obs.]

Commit not with man's sworn spouse.
Shak.


word: Commitment
definition:
Commitment

Com*mit"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged.
Clarendon.

2.
A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.

3.
The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

4.
A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

5.
The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged.
Hamilton.


word: committed
definition:
committed

committed
adj.
1.
Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude.  Opposite of uncommitted.
[Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up; dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn]

2.
Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also called attached.  Opposite of unattached.
[Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married]
[Also See: loving.]

Syn. -- attached.

3.
Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or mental institution.


word: commitedness
definition:
commitedness

commitedness
n.
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.

Syn. -- commitment.


word: Committee
definition:
Committee

Com*mit"tee
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County.]
One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.

Committee of the whole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. -- Standing committee. See under Standing.


word: Committee₂
definition:
Committee

Com`mit*tee"
(?)
n.
[From Commit, v. t.]
(Law)
One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.


word: Committer
definition:
Committer

Com*mit"ter
(?)
n.
1.
One who commits; one who does or perpetrates.
South.

2.
A fornicator.
[Obs.]
T. Decker.


word: Committible
definition:
Committible

Com*mit"ti*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Commix
definition:
Commix

Com*mix"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Commixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commixing.]
[Pref. com- + mix: cf. L. commixtus, p. p. of commiscere. See Mix.]
To mix or mingle together; to blend.

The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white.
Sir I. Newton.

To commix
With winds that sailors rail at.
Shak.


word: Commixtion
definition:
Commixtion

Com*mix"tion
(?; 106)
n.
[L. commixtio.]
Commixture; mingling.
[R.]

An exact commixtion of the ingredients.
Boyle.


word: Commixture
definition:
Commixture

Com*mix"ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. commixtura.]
1.
The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.

In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy.
Bacon.

2.
The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound; a mixture.
Bacon.


word: Commode
definition:
Commode

Com*mode"
(?)
n.
[F. commode, fr. commode convenient, L. commodus; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode.]
1.
A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

Or under high commodes, with looks erect.
Granville.

2.
A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion
(a)
A chest of drawers or a bureau.
(b)
A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
(c)
A kind of close stool.
(d)
A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.


word: Commodious
definition:
Commodious

Com*mo"di*ous
(?)
a.
[LL. commodiosus, fr. L. commodum convenience, fr. commodus. See Commode.]
Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house.
commodious
Shak.
Commodious
Pope.

The haven was not commodious to winter in.
Acts xxvii. 12.


word: Commodiously
definition:
Commodiously

Com*mo"di*ous*ly
adv.
In a commodious manner.

To pass commodiously this life.
Milton.


word: Commodiousness
definition:
Commodiousness

Com*mo"di*ous*ness
n.
State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convenience; roominess.

Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation.
Sir W. Temple.

The commodiousness of the harbor.
Johnson.


word: Commodity
definition:
Commodity

Com*mod"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Commodities (#).
[F. commodité, fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.]
1.
Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.
[Obs.]

Drawn by the commodity of a footpath.
B. Jonson.

Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered.
Hooker.

2.
That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.

3.
A parcel or quantity of goods.
[Obs.]

A commodity of brown paper and old ginger.
Shak.


word: Commodore
definition:
Commodore

Com"mo*dore`
(?)
n.
[Prob. a corruption of commander, or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a commandery; also a superior of a monastery, fr. LL. commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command, Commander.]
1.
(U. S. Navy)
An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.

2.
(British Navy)
A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.

3.
A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.

4.
A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.


word: Common
definition:
Common

Com"mon
(?)
a.
[Compar. Commoner (?); superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1.
Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.

Such actions as the common good requireth.
Hooker.

The common enemy of man.
Shak.

3.
Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

Grief more than common grief.
Shak.

4.
Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
W. Irving.

This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.
Shak.

Above the vulgar flight of common souls.
A. Murphy.

5.
Profane; polluted.
[Obs.]

What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts x. 15.

6.
Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

A dame who herself was common.
L'Estrange.

Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank. -- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See Brawler. -- Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. -- Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth. -- Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other municipal corporation. -- Common crier, the crier of a town or city. -- Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a common measure. -- Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender. -- Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls. Wharton. It is by others defined as the unwritten law (especially of England), the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, as ascertained and expressed in the judgments of the courts. This term is often used in contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to designate a law common to the whole country. It is also used to designate the whole body of English (or other) law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local, civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law. -- Common lawyer, one versed in common law. -- Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd acts in public. -- Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple. -- Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of a particular person or thing). -- Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at large. -- Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State. In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a county court. Its powers are generally defined by statute. -- Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained in the Book of Common Prayer. -- Common school, a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all. -- Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding indiscriminately, in public. -- Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation. -- Common sense. (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond of all the others. [Obs.] Trench. (b) Sound judgment. See under Sense. -- Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions. -- In common, equally with another, or with others; owned, shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or affected equally. -- Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary. -- Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in common with others, having distinct but undivided interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint. -- To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.


word: Common₂
definition:
Common

Com"mon
(?)
n.
1.
The people; the community.
[Obs.]
common
Shak.

2.
An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.

3.
(Law)
The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.

Common appendant, a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the waste land in the manor where they dwell. -- Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in other manors, or extending to other beasts, besides those which are generally commonable, as hogs. -- Common because of vicinage or Common because of neighborhood, the right of the inhabitants of each of two townships, lying contiguous to each other, which have usually intercommoned with one another, to let their beasts stray into the other's fields. - - Common in gross or Common at large, a common annexed to a man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporation sole. Blackstone. -- Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another's estate. -- Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land of another. Burill. -- Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging to another. -- Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the ground of another.


word: Common₃
definition:
Common

Com"mon
v. i.
1.
To converse together; to discourse; to confer.
[Obs.]

Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of.
Grafton.

2.
To participate.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.

3.
To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Johnson.

4.
To board together; to eat at a table in common.


word: Commonable
definition:
Commonable

Com"mon*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Held in common.
commonable
Bacon.

2.
Allowed to pasture on public commons.

Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, or such as manure the ground.
Blackstone.


word: Commonage
definition:
Commonage

Com"mon*age
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. communage.]
The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.

The claim of commonage . . . in most of the forests.
Burke.


word: commonality
definition:
commonality

com`mon*al"i*ty
n.
1.
the sharing of common attributes.

Syn. -- commonness.

2.
a characteristic held in common; a common feature.


word: commonality₂
definition:
commonality

commonalty

com"mon*al*ty, com`mon*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Commonalties (#).
[OF. communalté; F. communauté, fr. communal. See Communal.]
1.
The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.

The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees.
Blackstone.

The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only.
Landon.

2.
The majority or bulk of mankind.
[Obs.]
Hooker.


word: Commoner
definition:
Commoner

Com"mon*er
(?)
n.
1.
One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.

All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other.
Hallam.

2.
A member of the House of Commons.

3.
One who has a joint right in common ground.

Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury.
Bacon.

4.
One sharing with another in anything.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

5.
A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner.

6.
A prostitute.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Commonition
definition:
Commonition

Com`mo*ni"tion
(?)
n.
[L. commonitio. See Monition.]
Advice; warning; instruction.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Commonitory
definition:
Commonitory

Com*mon"i*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. commonitorius.]
Calling to mind; giving admonition.
[Obs.]
Foxe.


word: Commonly
definition:
Commonly

Com"mon*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life.

2.
In common; familiarly.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Commonness
definition:
Commonness

Com"mon*ness
n.
1.
State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.

2.
Triteness; meanness.


word: Commonplace
definition:
Commonplace

Com"mon*place`
(?)
a.
Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.


word: Commonplace₂
definition:
Commonplace

Com"mon*place`
n.
1.
An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

2.
A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.

Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace.
Swift.

Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.


word: Commonplace₃
definition:
Commonplace

Com"mon*place`
v. t.
To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
Felton.


word: common-room
definition:
common-room

common room

common room, common-room
n.
a room, usually at a school or university, set aside for the common use of everyone.  It usually has comfortable chairs for reading or conversation, and some provision for obtaining refreshments.

Syn. -- .


word: Commons
definition:
Commons

Com"mons
(?)
n. pl.
1.
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
[Eng.]

'T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds,
Could send such message to their sovereign.
Shak.

The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers.
Blackstone.

2.
The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.

It is agreed that the Commons were no part of the great council till some ages after the Conquest.
Hume.

3.
Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.

Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant.
Dryden.

4.
A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.

5.
A common; public pasture ground.

To shake his ears, and graze in commons.
Shak.

Doctors' Commons, a place near St. Paul's Churchyard in London where the doctors of civil law used to common together, and where were the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts and offices having jurisdiction of marriage licenses, divorces, registration of wills, etc. -- To be on short commons, to have a small allowance of food. [Colloq.]


word: Commonweal
definition:
Commonweal

Com"mon*weal"
(?)
n.
[Common + weal.]
Commonwealth.

Such a prince,
So kind a father of the commonweal.
Shak.


word: Commonwealth
definition:
Commonwealth

Com"mon*wealth`
(?; 277)
n.
[Common + wealth well-being.]
1.
A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.
Milton.

&hand_; This term is applied to governments which are considered as free or popular, but rarely, or improperly, to an absolute government. The word signifies, strictly, the common well-being or happiness; and hence, a form of government in which the general welfare is regarded rather than the welfare of any class.

2.
The whole body of people in a state; the public.

3.
(Eng. Hist.)
Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.


word: Commorancy
definition:
Commorancy

Com"mo*ran*cy
(?)
n.
1.
(Law)
A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation.

Commorancy consists in usually lying there.
Blackstone.

2.
(Am. Law)
Residence temporarily, or for a short time.


word: Commorant
definition:
Commorant

Com"mo*rant
(?)
n.
[L. commorans, p. pr. of commorari to abide; com- + morari to delay.]
1.
(Law)
Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.

All freeholders within the precinct . . . and all persons commorant therein.
Blackstone.

2.
(Am. Law)
Inhabiting or occupying temporarily.


word: Commoration
definition:
Commoration

Com`mo*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. commoratio.]
The act of staying or residing in a place.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Commorient
definition:
Commorient

Com*mo"ri*ent
(?)
a.
[L. commoriens, p. pr. of commoriri.]
Dying together or at the same time.
[R.]
Sir G. Buck.


word: Commorse
definition:
Commorse

Com*morse"
(?)
n.
[L. commorsus, p. p. of commordere to bite sharply.]
Remorse.
[Obs.]
commorse
Daniel.


word: Commote
definition:
Commote

Com*mote"
(?)
v. t.
[See Commove.]
To commove; to disturb; to stir up.
[R.]

Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable.
Hawthorne.


word: Commotion
definition:
Commotion

Com*mo"tion
(?)
n.
[L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See Motion.]
1.
Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

[What] commotion in the winds !
Shak.

2.
A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.

When ye shall hear of wars and commotions.
Luke xxi. 9.

3.
Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement.
commotion
Clarendon.


word: Commove
definition:
Commove

Com*move"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commoved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commoving.]
[L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move.]
1.
To urge; to persuade; to incite.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.
[R.]

Straight the sands,
Commoved around, in gathering eddies play.
Thomson.


word: Communal
definition:
Communal

Com"mu*nal
(? or ?)
a.
[Cf. F. communal.]
1.
Pertaining to a commune.

2.
resembling a commune{4} or the practises of a commune{4}; as, communal living.

Syn. -- collectivist.


word: Communalism
definition:
Communalism

Com"mu*nal*ism
(?)
n.
A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.


word: Commune
definition:
Commune

Com*mune"
(k&obreve_;m*mūn")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Communed (k&obreve_;m*mūnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Communing.]
[OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See Common, and cf. Communicate.]
1.
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

I would commune with you of such things
That want no ear but yours.
Shak.

2.
To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.

To commune under both kinds.
Bp. Burnet.

To commune with one's self or To commune with one's heart, to think; to reflect; to meditate.


word: Commune₂
definition:
Commune

Com"mune
(k&obreve_;m"mūn)
n.
Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

For days of happy commune dead.
Tennyson.


word: Commune₃
definition:
Commune

Com"mune
(k&obreve_;m"mūn)
n.
[F., fr. commun. See Common.]
1.
The commonalty; the common people.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the “commune”, the general mass of the inhabitants, against the “prudhommes” or “wiser” few.
J. R. Green.

2.
A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

3.
Absolute municipal self-government.

4.
a group of people living together as an organized community and owning in common most or all of their property and possessions, and sharing work, income, and many other aspects of daily life.  Such sommunities are oftten organized based on religious or idealistic principles, and they sometimes have unconventional lifestyles, practises, or moral codes.

The Commune of Paris, or The Commune (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a usurpation of supreme power on the part of representatives chosen by the communes; the period of its continuance is known as the “Reign of Terror.” (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.


word: Communicability
definition:
Communicability

Com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty
(k&obreve_;m*mū`nĭ*kȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. communicabilité.]
The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted.


word: Communicable
definition:
Communicable

Com*mu"ni*ca*ble
(k&obreve_;m*mū"nĭ*kȧ*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]
1.
Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

2.
Communicative; free-speaking.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Communicant
definition:
Communicant

Com*mu"ni*cant
(k&obreve_;m*mū"nĭ*kant)
n.
[L. communicans, p. pr.]
1.
One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.

A never-failing monthly communicant.
Atterbury.

2.
One who communicates.
Foxe.


word: Communicate
definition:
Communicate

Com*mu"ni*cate
(k&obreve_;m*mū"nĭ*kāt )
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Communicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Communicating.]
[L. communicatus, p. p. of communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See Commune, v. i.]
1.
To share in common; to participate in.
[Obs.]

To thousands that communicate our loss.
B. Jonson

2.
To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.

Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.

4.
To administer the communion to.
[R.]

She [the church] . . . may communicate him.
Jer. Taylor.

&hand_; This verb was formerly followed by with before the person receiving, but now usually takes to after it.

He communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby.
Clarendon.


word: Communicate₂
definition:
Communicate

Com*mu"ni*cate
v. i.
1.
To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.

Ye did communicate with my affliction.
Philip. iv. 4.

2.
To give alms, sympathy, or aid.

To do good and to communicate forget not.
Heb. xiii. 16.

3.
To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery.

Subjects suffered to communicate and to have intercourse of traffic.
Hakluyt.

The whole body is nothing but a system of such canals, which all communicate with one another.
Arbuthnot.

4.
To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune.

The primitive Christians communicated every day.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Communication
definition:
Communication

Com*mu`ni*ca"tion
(k&obreve_;m*mū`nĭ*kā"shŭn)
n.
[L. communicatio.]
1.
The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

2.
Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.

Argument . . . and friendly communication.
Shak.

3.
Association; company.

Evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Cor. xv. 33.

4.
Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.

The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
Arbuthnot.

5.
That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.

6.
Participation in the Lord's supper.
Bp. Pearson.

7.
(Rhet.)
A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you.
Beattie.


word: communicational
definition:
communicational

communicational
adj.
used in communication; as, he had few communicational grooves available for use.


word: Communicative
definition:
Communicative

Com*mu"ni*ca*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. Communicatif, LL. communicativus.]
Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

Determine, for the future, to be less communicative.
Swift.


word: Communicatory
definition:
Communicatory

Com*mu"ni*ca"to*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. communicatorius.]
Imparting knowledge or information.

Canonical and communicatory letters.
Barrow.


word: Communion
definition:
Communion

Com*mun"ion
(?)
n.
[L. communio: cf. F. communion. See Common.]
1.
The act of sharing; community; participation.
communion
Blackstone.

2.
Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.

We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others.
Hooker.

What communion hath light with darkness?
2 Cor. vi. 14.

Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man.
South.

3.
A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.

4.
The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion; called also Holy Communion.

Close communion. See under Close, a. -- Communion elements, the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper. -- Communion service, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor. -- Communion table, the table upon which the elements are placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper. -- Communion in both kinds, participation in both the bread and wine by all communicants. -- Communion in one kind, participation in but one element, as in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of the bread only.


word: Communism
definition:
Communism

Com"mu*nism
(?)
n.
[F. communisme, fr. commun common.]
A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.

&hand_; At different times, and in different countries, various schemes pertaining to socialism in government and the conditions of domestic life, as well as in the distribution of wealth, have been called communism.


word: Communist
definition:
Communist

Com"mu*nist
(?)
n.
[F. communiste.]
1.
An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

2.
A supporter of the commune of Paris.


word: Communistic
definition:
Communistic

Com`mu*nis"tic
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories.

2.
(Zool.)
Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds.


word: Community
definition:
Community

Com*mu"ni*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Communities (#).
[L. communitas: cf. OF. communité. Cf. Commonalty, and see Common.]
1.
Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

The original community of all things.
Locke.

An unreserved community of thought and feeling.
W. Irving.

2.
A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.

Creatures that in communities exist.
Wordsworth.

3.
Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.

Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community.
Hallam.

&hand_; In this sense, the term should be used with the definite article; as, the interests of the community.

4.
Common character; likeness.
[R.]

The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth.
H. Spencer.

5.
Commonness; frequency.
[Obs.]

Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community.
Shak.


word: Commutable
definition:
Commutable

Com*mut"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. commutabilis.]
Capable of being commuted or interchanged.

The predicate and subject are not commutable.
Whately.


word: Commutation
definition:
Commutation

Com`mu*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation.]
1.
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
[R.]

So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves.
South.

2.
The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
[Obs.]

The use of money is . . . that of saving the commutation of more bulky commodities.
Arbuthnot.

3.
(Law)
The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.

Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance.
Blackstone.

4.
A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.

5.
regular travel from a place of residence to a place where one's daily work is performed; commuting.  Most often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city.

Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet. -- Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in kind. -- Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d Commute, 2.


word: Commutation ticket
definition:
Commutation ticket

Com`mu*ta"tion tick"et
A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets are excepted from the prohibition against special rates contained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat. 379), and in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were also excepted as being “obviously within the commuting principle.”


word: Commutative
definition:
Commutative

Com*mut"a*tive
(?)
a.
[CF. F. commutatif.]
1.
Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.
Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv.

Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice.
Burke.

2.
(Math.)
having the property of commutativity.


word: commutativity
definition:
commutativity

com`mu*ta*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
(Math.)
the property of a binary operation or operator such that the result of one term operating on a second is equal to the result of the second term operating on the first.

&hand_;  If the symbol “*” is taken to be a commutative binary operator, then the following equation holds:
             a*b = b*a

 A common example is the addition operator for real numbers, “+”:
             a+b = b+a


word: Commutator
definition:
Commutator

Com"mu*ta`tor
(?)
n.
(Elec.)
A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction.  It may be attached to the end of the spindle of an electric motor, where a brush is in contact sequentially with the parts of the spindle that conduct current to the different windings of the motor.


word: Commute
definition:
Commute

Com*mute"
(k&obreve_;m*mūt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.]
[L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.]
1.
To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.

The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first “watery”, and the last “fiery”, than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse.
J. Harris

The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading.
Macaulay.


word: Commute₂
definition:
Commute

Com*mute"
v. i.
1.
To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

3.
to travel regularly from a place of residence to another place, such as where one's daily work is performed.  Often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city; as, to commute to work.


word: Commuter
definition:
Commuter

Com*mut"er
(k&obreve_;m*mū"tẽr)
n.
One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.


word: Commuter₂
definition:
Commuter

Com*mut"er
(k&obreve_;m*mū"tẽr)
a.
of or pertaining to commuting, in the sense of traveling; used for commuting; as, a commuter airline.


word: Commutual
definition:
Commutual

Com*mu"tu*al
(?; 135)
a.
[Pref. com- + mutual.]
Mutual; reciprocal; united.
[R.]

There, with commutual zeal, we both had strove.
Pope.


word: Comose
definition:
Comose

Co"mose
(k&omacr"m&omacrs or ko̝*m&omacrs")
a.
[L. comosus hairy, from coma hair.]
(Bot.)
Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed.
Gray.


word: Compact
definition:
Compact

Com*pact"
(k&obreve_;m*păkt")
p. p. & a.
[L. compactus, p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See Pact.]
1.
Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
[Obs.]
Compact
Shak.

A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together.
Peacham.

2.
Composed or made; -- with of.
[Poetic]

A wandering fire,
Compact of unctuous vapor.
Milton.

3.
Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies.
Sir I. Newton.

4.
Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.


word: Compact₂
definition:
Compact

Com*pact"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compacting.]
1.
To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
Blackstone.

2.
To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.
Eph. iv. 16.


word: Compact₃
definition:
Compact

Com"pact
(k&obreve_;m"păkt)
n.
[L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement with; com- + pacisci to make an agreement. See Pact.]
An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc.
Blackstone.

Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact.
Macaulay.

The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified.
Wharton.


word: compact disk
definition:
compact disk

compact disc

com"pact disc`, com"pact disk`
(k&obreve_;m"păkt dĭsk`)
n.
a disk-shaped optical data storage medium approximately 4-3/4 in. in diameter, which stores binary data as microscopic nonreflective holes or pits in an otherwise reflective surface, and is recorded and played back by rotation in an electronic device containing a laser.  It is often referred to by its abbreviation CD.  It is a type of optical data storage medium.  Compact disks are used for recordings of music as well as of data for computer applications.

Syn. -- CD.


word: compact disk player
definition:
compact disk player

com"pact disk` play"er
(k&obreve_;m"păkt dĭsk` plā"ẽr)
n.
an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk.  The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings.  That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a CD drive.  Called also CD player and informally, CD.

Syn. -- CD player.


word: Compacted
definition:
Compacted

Com*pact"ed
(k&obreve_;m*păkt"ĕd)
a.
Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.


word: Compaction
definition:
Compaction

Com*pac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compactio.]
The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Compactness
definition:
Compactness

Com*pact"ness
n.
The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.


word: Compacture
definition:
Compacture

Com*pac"ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. compactura.]
Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction.
[Obs.]
compacture
Spenser.


word: Compages
definition:
Compages

Com*pa"ges
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[L., fr. compingere. See Compact, v. t.]
A system or structure of many parts united.

A regular compages of pipes and vessels.
Ray.


word: Compaginate
definition:
Compaginate

Com*pag"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. compaginare, compaginatum.]
To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame.
[Obs.]
W. Montagu.


word: Compagination
definition:
Compagination

Com*pag`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compaginatio.]
Union of parts; structure.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Companion
definition:
Companion

Com*pan"ion
(k&obreve_;m*păn"yŭn)
n.
[F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.]
1.
One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.

The companions of his fall.
Milton.

The companion of fools shall smart for it.
Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.).

Here are your sons again; and I must lose
Two of the sweetest companions in the world.
Shak.

A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.
Trench.

2.
A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

3.
A fellow; -- in contempt.
[Obs.]
Shak.

4.
[Cf. OSp. compaña an outhouse, office.]
(Naut.)
(a)
A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.
(b)
A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch.

Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. -- Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. Totten. -- Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. -- Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.


word: Companion₂
definition:
Companion

Com*pan"ion
v. t.
1.
To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
[R.]
Ruskin.

2.
To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
[Obs.]

Companion me with my mistress.
Shak.


word: Companionable
definition:
Companionable

Com*pan"ion*a*ble
(?)
a.
Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.
companionable
Mallett.
Companionable
Clarendon.


word: Companionship
definition:
Companionship

Com*pan"ion*ship
n.
Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.
Shak.

He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere companionship.
W. Irving


word: companionway
definition:
companionway

companionway
n.
1.
a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.


word: Company
definition:
Company

Com"pa*ny
(kŭm"pȧ*n&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Companies (kŭm"pȧ*nĭz).
[F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.]
1.
The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
Shak.

Evil company doth corrupt good manners.
1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver.).

Brethren, farewell: your company along
I will not wish.
Milton.

2.
A companion or companions.

To thee and thy company I bid
A hearty welcome.
Shak.

3.
An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.

Thou shalt meet a company of prophets.
1 Sam. x. 5.

4.
Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.

5.
Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company.
Swift.

6.
An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.

7.
Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.

8.
(Mil.)
A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.

9.
(Naut.)
The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

10.
The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.

To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.


word: Company₂
definition:
Company

Com"pa*ny
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Companied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.]
To accompany or go with; to be companion to.
[Obs.]


word: Company₃
definition:
Company

Com"pa*ny
v. i.
1.
To associate.

Men which have companied with us all the time.
Acts i. 21.

2.
To be a gay companion.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

3.
To have sexual commerce.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: comparability
definition:
comparability

comparability
n.
a similarity allowing comparison; an approximate equivalence.

Syn. -- comparison, compare, equivalence.


word: Comparable
definition:
Comparable

Com"pa*ra*ble
(?)
a.
[L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.]
Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend.
Addison.


word: Comparate
definition:
Comparate

Com"pa*rate
(?)
n.
[L. comparatum, fr. comparatus, p. p. of comparare. See 1st Compare.]
(Logic)
One of two things compared together.


word: Comparation
definition:
Comparation

Com`pa*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. comparatio. See Compare to get.]
A making ready; provision.
[Obs.]


word: Comparative
definition:
Comparative

Com*par"a*tive
(?)
a.
[L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.]
1.
Of or pertaining to comparison.
comparative
Glanvill.

2.
Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.

3.
Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.

The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
Whewell.

The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
Bentley.

4.
(Gram.)
Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.

Comparative sciences, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.


word: Comparative₂
definition:
Comparative

Com*par"a*tive
n.
(Gram.)
The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.

In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many.
Angus.

2.
An equal; a rival; a compeer.
[Obs.]

Gerard ever was
His full comparative.
Beau. & Fl.

3.
One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
[Obs.]
comparative
Shak.


word: Comparatively
definition:
Comparatively

Com*par"a*tive*ly
adv.
According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

With but comparatively few exceptions.
Prescott.


word: Comparator
definition:
Comparator

Com"pa*ra`tor
(? or ?)
n.
[L., a comparer.]
(Physics)
An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.


word: Compare
definition:
Compare

Com*pare"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Comparing.]
[L.comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair, Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.]
1.
To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

Compare dead happiness with living woe.
Shak.

The place he found beyond expression bright,
Compared with aught on earth.
Milton.

Compare our faces and be judge yourself.
Shak.

To compare great things with small.
Milton.

2.
To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.

Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
Bacon.

3.
(Gram.)
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing “- er” and “-est” to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing “more” and “most”, or “less” and “least”, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.


word: Compare₂
definition:
Compare

Com*pare"
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

I should compare with him in excellence.
Shak.

2.
To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

Shall pack horses . . . compare with Cæsars?
Shak.


word: Compare₃
definition:
Compare

Com*pare"
n.
1.
Comparison.
[Archaic]

His mighty champion, strong beyond compare.
Milton.

Their small galleys may not hold compare
With our tall ships.
Waller.

2.
Illustration by comparison; simile.
[Obs.]

Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.
Shak.

Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison.


word: Compare₄
definition:
Compare

Com*pare"
v. t.
[L. comparare to prepare, procure; com- + parare. See Prepare, Parade.]
To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire
[Obs.]

To fill his bags, and richesse to compare.
Spenser.


word: Comparison
definition:
Comparison

Com*par"i*son
(? or ?)
n.
[F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1.
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them.
Macaulay.

The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison.
Trench.

2.
The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.

3.
That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.

Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?
Mark iv. 30.

4.
(Gram.)
The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.

5.
(Rhet.)
A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.

6.
(Phren.)
The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. -- In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] “So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.”
Addison.

Comparison of hands
(Law)
a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
Bouvier.
Burrill.


word: comparison-shop
definition:
comparison-shop

comparison-shop
v. i.
to compare prices for a given item from different vendors; -- usually for the purpose of finding the lowest price.


word: Compart
definition:
Compart

Com*part"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Comparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comparting.]
[L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See Part, v. t.]
To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.
[R.]

The crystal surface is comparted all
In niches verged with rubies.
Glover.


word: Compartition
definition:
Compartition

Com`par*ti"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. compartitio.]
The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.
[Obs.]

Their temples . . . needed no compartitions.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Compartment
definition:
Compartment

Com*part"ment
(?)
n.
[F. compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See Compart.]
1.
One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work.
Carew.

2.
(Shipbuilding)
One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.


word: compartmentalized
definition:
compartmentalized

compartmental

compartmental compartmentalized
adj.
1.
divided up into compartments or categories.


word: Compass
definition:
Compass

Com"pass
(kŭm"pas)
n.
[F. compas, fr. LL. compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus pace, step. See Pace, Pass.]
1.
A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

They fetched a compass of seven day's journey.
2 Kings iii. 9.

This day I breathed first; time is come round,
And where I did begin, there shall I end;
My life is run his compass.
Shak.

2.
An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

3.
An inclosed space; an area; extent.

Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass.
Addison.

4.
Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

The compass of his argument.
Wordsworth.

5.
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.

In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed.
Sir J. Davies.

6.
(Mus.)
The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.

You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass.
Shak.

7.
An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.

He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses.
Locke.

8.
A pair of compasses.
[R.]
See Compasses.
To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please.
Swift.

9.
A circle; a continent.
[Obs.]

The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. Skeat.]
Chaucer.

Azimuth compass. See under Azimuth. -- Beam compass. See under Beam. -- Compass card, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. -- Compass dial, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. -- Compass plane (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. -- Compass plant, Compass flower (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south.

Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet:
This is the compass flower.
Longefellow.


word: Compass₂
definition:
Compass

Com"pass
(kŭm"pas)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compassed (kŭm"past); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassing.]
[F. compasser, LL. compassare.]
1.
To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

Ye shall compass the city seven times.
Josh. vi. 4.

We the globe can compass soon.
Shak.

2.
To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.

With terrors and with clamors compassed round.
Milton.

Now all the blessings
Of a glad father compass thee about.
Shak.

Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.
Luke xix. 43.

3.
To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

If I can check my erring love, I will:
If not, to compass her I'll use my skill.
Shak.

How can you hope to compass your designs?
Denham.

4.
To curve; to bend into a circular form.
[Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.]
Shak.

5.
(Law)
To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect.
Blackstone.


word: Compassed
definition:
Compassed

Com"passed
(?)
a.
Rounded; arched.
[Obs.]

She came . . . into the compassed window.
Shak.


word: Compasses
definition:
Compasses

Com"pass*es
(?)
n.
pl.
An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

&hand_; The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See Dividers.

Bow compasses. See Bow-compass. -- Caliber compasses, Caliper compasses. See Calipers. -- Proportional, Triangular, etc., compasses. See under Proportional, etc.


word: Compassion
definition:
Compassion

Com*pas"sion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. compassio, fr. compati to have compassion; com- + pati to bear, suffer. See Patient.]
Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.

Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion.
Macaulay.


word: Compassionate
definition:
Compassionate

Com*pas"sion*ate
(?)
a.
1.
Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
South.

2.
Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Compassionate₂
definition:
Compassionate

Com*pas"sion*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compassionated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassionating (#).]
To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Compassionates my pains, and pities me.
Addison.


word: Compaternity
definition:
Compaternity

Com`pa*ter"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. compaternitas, fr. compater godfather; com- + pater father.]
The relation of a godfather to a person.
[Obs.]

The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the canon law is a spiritual affinity.
Sir J. Davies.


word: Compatibility
definition:
Compatibility

Com*pat`i*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. compatibilité.]
The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.


word: Compatible
definition:
Compatible

Com*pat"i*ble
(?)
a.
[F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See Compassion.]
Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible.
Broome.


word: Compatient
definition:
Compatient

Com*pa"tient
(?)
a.
[L. compatients, p. pr. of compati. See Compassion.]
Suffering or enduring together.
[Obs.]
Sir G. Buck.


word: Compatriot
definition:
Compatriot

Com*pa"tri*ot
(?)
n.
[F. compatriote, LL. compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See Patriot, and cf. Copatriot.]
One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.

The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America.
Palfrey.


word: Compatriot₂
definition:
Compatriot

Com*pa"tri*ot
a.
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.

She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race,
Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind.
Thomson.


word: Compear
definition:
Compear

Com*pear"
(?)
v. i.
[F. comparoir, L. comparēre; com- + parēre to appear.]
1.
To appear.
[Obs.]

2.
(Law)
To appear in court personally or by attorney.
[Scot.]


word: Compeer
definition:
Compeer

Com*peer"
(?)
[OE. comper, through French fr. L. compar; com- + par equal. See Peer an equal, and cf. 1st Compare.]
An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.

And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer.
Milton.

His compeer in arms.
Ford.


word: Compeer₂
definition:
Compeer

Com*peer"
v. t.
To be equal with; to match.
[R.]

In my rights,
By me invested, he compeers the best.
Shak.


word: Compel
definition:
Compel

Com*pel"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compelling.]
[L. compellere, compulsum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.]
1.
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
Hallam.

And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
Mark xv. 21.

2.
To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
[R.]

Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance.
Shak.

3.
To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.
Dryden.

I compel all creatures to my will.
Tennyson.

4.
To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
[A Latinism]
compelled
Dryden.

5.
To call forth; to summon.
[Obs.]
Chapman.

She had this knight from far compelled.
Spenser.


word: Compellation
definition:
Compellation

Com`pel*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compellatio, fr. compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.]
Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
compellations
Milton.

He useth this endearing compellation, “My little children.”
Bp. Beveridge.

The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by “Sire,” which is nothing else but father.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Compellative
definition:
Compellative

Com*pel"la*tive
(?)
n.
(Gram.)
The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.


word: Compend
definition:
Compend

Com"pend
(?)
n.
A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Compendiate
definition:
Compendiate

Com*pen"di*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. compendiatus, p. p. of compendiare to shorten, fr. compendium.]
To sum or collect together.
[Obs.]
Bp. King.


word: Compendious
definition:
Compendious

Com*pen"di*ous
(?)
a.
[L. compendiosus.]
Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

More compendious and expeditious ways.
Woodward.

Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Compendiously
definition:
Compendiously

Com*pen"di*ous*ly
adv.
In a compendious manner.

Compendiously expressed by the word chaos.
Bentley.


word: Compendium
definition:
Compendium

Com*pen"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. E. Compendiums (#), L. Compendia (#).
[L. compendium that which is weighed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend.]
A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.

A short system or compendium of a science.
I. Watts.


word: compensable
definition:
compensable

compensable
adj.
1.
receiving money for services rendered.

Syn. -- paying(prenominal), remunerative, salaried, stipendiary.

2.
qualifying one for receipt of compensation, such as for a bodily injury; as, a compensable injury.


word: Compensate
definition:
Compensate

Com"pen*sate
(? or ?; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.]
[L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.]
1.
To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

2.
To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.

The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day.
Bacon.

The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
Prior.


word: Compensate₂
definition:
Compensate

Com"pen*sate
v. i.
To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.


word: compensated
definition:
compensated

compensated
adj.
receiving or eligible for compensation.

Syn. -- remunerated, salaried, stipendiary.


word: Compensation
definition:
Compensation

Com`pen*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.]
1.
The act or principle of compensating.
Emerson.

2.
That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.

The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners.
Hallam.

No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
Burke.

3.
(Law)
(a)
The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off.
Bouvier.
Wharton.
(b)
A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
(c)
An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two different metals having different expansibility under changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. -- Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum.


word: Compensator
definition:
Compensator

Com"pen*sa`tor
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.

2.
(Naut.)
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.


word: Comperendinate
definition:
Comperendinate

Com`pe*ren"di*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. comperendinatus, p. p. of comperendinare to defer (the time of trial.)]
To delay.
Bailey.


word: Compete
definition:
Compete

Com*pete"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Competed; p. pr. & vb. n. Competing.]
[L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See Petition.]
To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances.
Bancroft.


word: Competency
definition:
Competency

Competence

{ Com"pe*tence (?), Com"pe*ten*cy (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. compétence, from L. competentia agreement.]
1.
The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
Burke.

To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law.
Burke.

2.
Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence.
Pope.

Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
Shak.

3.
(Law)
(a)
Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.
(b)
Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.
Kent.

5.
the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually, especially possession of the skill and knowledge required (for a task).


word: Competent
definition:
Competent

Com"pe*tent
(k&obreve_;m"pe̝*tent; 94)
a.
[F. compétent, p. pr. of compéter to be in the competency of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See Compete.]
1.
Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
competent
Atterbury.
Competent
Grafton.
Competent
Palfrey.
competent
Bouvier.

2.
Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to.
[Rare, except in legal usage.]

That is the privilege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being.
Locke.


word: Competition
definition:
Competition

Com`pe*ti"tion
(?)
n.
[L. competition. See Compete.]
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be.
Bacon.

A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition.
Dryden.

There is no competition but for the second place.
Dryden.

Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly.
A. T. Hadley.


word: Competitive
definition:
Competitive

Com*pet"i*tive
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.


word: Competitor
definition:
Competitor

Com*pet"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. compétiteur.]
1.
One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

And can not brook competitors in love.
Shak.

2.
An associate; a confederate.
[Obs.]

Every hour more competitors
Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth.
Shak.


word: Compilation
definition:
Compilation

Com"pi*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compilatio: cf. F. compilation.]
1.
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

2.
That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers.
Macaulay.


word: Compile
definition:
Compile

Com*pile"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compiling.]
[F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to plunder, pillage; com- + pilare to plunder. See Pill, v. t., Pillage.]
1.
To put together; to construct; to build.
[Obs.]

Before that Merlin died, he did intend
A brazen wall in compass to compile.
Spenser.

2.
To contain or comprise.
[Obs.]

Which these six books compile.
Spenser.

3.
To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.

He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome.
Macaulay.

4.
To write; to compose.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.

5.
(Computers)
to process (computer program source code) with a compiler{2} to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language.


word: Compiler
definition:
Compiler

Com*pil"er
(k&obreve_;m*pīl"ẽr)
n.
[OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.]
1.
One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

2.
(Computers)
a computer program that decodes instructions written in a higher-level computer language to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language.


word: Complacency
definition:
Complacency

Complacence

{ Com*pla"cence (?), Com*pla"cen*cy (?) }
n.
[LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See Complacent, and cf. Complaisance.]
1.
Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously.
Atterbury.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves.
Addison.

2.
The cause of pleasure or joy.
complacence
Milton.

3.
The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.

Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness,
Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts.
Addison.

With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust.
Pope.


word: Complacent
definition:
Complacent

Com*pla"cent
(?)
a.
[L. complacens very pleasing, p. pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F. complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.]
Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings.
Burke.


word: Complacential
definition:
Complacential

Com`pla*cen"tial
(?)
a.
Marked by, or causing, complacence.
[Obs.]
Complacential
Baxter.


word: Complain
definition:
Complain

Com*plain"
(k&obreve_;m*plān")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Complained (k&obreve_;m*plānd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Complaining.]
[F. complaindre, LL. complangere; com- + L. plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of grief, to lament. See Plaint.]
1.
To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!
Milton.

2.
To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?
Shak.


word: Complain₂
definition:
Complain

Com*plain"
v. t.
To lament; to bewail.
[Obs.]

They might the grievance inwardly complain.
Daniel.

By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd
Her wrongs to us.
Shak.


word: Complainable
definition:
Complainable

Com*plain"a*ble
(k&obreve_;m*plān"ȧ*b'l)
a.
That may be complained of.
[R.]
Feltham.


word: Complainant
definition:
Complainant

Com*plain"ant
(k&obreve_;m*plān"ant)
n.
[F. complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.]
1.
One who makes complaint.

Eager complainants of the dispute.
Collier.

2.
(Law)
(a)
One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
(b)
The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.

He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant.
Statutes of Mass.


word: Complainer
definition:
Complainer

Com*plain"er
(k&obreve_;m*plān"ẽr)
n.
One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.
Beattie.

Speechless complainer, I will learn thy thought.
Shak.


word: complaining
definition:
complaining

complaining
(k&obreve_;m*plān"ĭmg)
adj.
uttering complaints.  Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
[Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal): fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal), whiny; protesting(prenominal), protestant]

Syn. -- complaintive.


word: Complaint
definition:
Complaint

Com*plaint"
(k&obreve_;m*plānt")
n.
[F. complainte. See Complain.]
1.
Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

I poured out my complaint before him.
Ps. cxlii. 2.

Grievous complaints of you.
Shak.

2.
Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.

The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church.
Swift.

3.
An ailment or disease of the body.

One in a complaint of his bowels.
Arbuthnot.

4.
(Law)
A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.


word: Complaisance
definition:
Complaisance

Com"plai*sance`
(?; 277)
n.
[F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence.]
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people.
Addison.

They strive with their own hearts and keep them down,
In complaisance to all the fools in town.
Young.


word: Complaisant
definition:
Complaisant

Com"plai*sant
(?)
a.
[F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.]
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

There are to whom my satire seems too bold:
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough.
Pope.


word: Complanate
definition:
Complanate

Com"pla*nate
(? or _;)
a.
[L. complanatus, p. p. of complanare to make plane. See Plane, v. t.]
Flattened to a level surface.
[R.]


word: Complement
definition:
Complement

Com"ple*ment
(?)
n.
[L. complementun: cf. F. complément. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.]
1.
That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

2.
That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.

History is the complement of poetry.
Sir J. Stephen.

3.
Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.

To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons.
Hakluyt.

4.
(Math.)
A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

5.
Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
[Obs.]

Without vain art or curious complements.
Spenser.

6.
(Naut.)
The whole working force of a vessel.

7.
(Mus.)
The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.

8.
A compliment.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. -- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. -- Complement of an arc or Complement of an angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90°. -- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.


word: Complement₂
definition:
Complement

Com"ple*ment
(?)
v. t.
1.
To supply a lack; to supplement.
[R.]

2.
To compliment.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Complemental
definition:
Complemental

Com`ple*men"tal
(?)
a.
1.
Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.
Complemental
Prynne.

2.
Complimentary; courteous.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. -- Complemental males (Zool.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.


word: Complementary
definition:
Complementary

Com`ple*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

Complementary colors. See under Color. -- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°.


word: Complementary₂
definition:
Complementary

Com`ple*men"ta*ry
n.
[See Complimentary.]
One skilled in compliments.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: complementation
definition:
complementation

complementation
n.
(Linguistics)
the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate.


word: Complete
definition:
Complete

Com*plete"
(k&obreve_;m*plēt")
a.
[L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline.]
1.
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Complete
Milton.

Ye are complete in him.
Col. ii. 10.

That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon.
Shak.

2.
Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.

This course of vanity almost complete.
Prior.

3.
(Bot.)
Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.


word: Complete₂
definition:
Complete

Com*plete"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Completed; p. pr. & vb. n. Completing.]
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.

Bred only and completed to the taste
Of lustful appetence.
Milton.

And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate.
Pope.


word: completed
definition:
completed

completed
adj.
1.
brought to a conclusion.

Syn. -- concluded, ended, over(predicate), all over, terminated.

2.
successfully accomplished or achieved.

Syn. -- accomplished, effected, realized.

3.
completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony; consummated; -- of a marriage.  Opposite of unconsummated.

Syn. -- consummated.

4.
(Football)
caught in bounds by a player on the same side as the passer; -- said of a forward pass; as, Simms had six completed passes out of seven tries in the game..


word: completing
definition:
completing

completing
adj.
serving to complete.

Syn. -- complemental, complementary, supplemental, supplementary.


word: Completion
definition:
Completion

Com*ple"tion
(?)
n.
[L. completio a filling, a fulfillment.]
1.
The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

The completion of some repairs.
Prescott.

2.
State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.

Predictions receiving their completion in Christ.
South.


word: Completive
definition:
Completive

Com*ple"tive
(?)
a.
[L. completivus: cf. F. complétif.]
Making complete.
[R.]
J. Harris.


word: Completory
definition:
Completory

Com*ple"to*ry
(?)
a.
Serving to fulfill.

Completory of ancient presignifications.
Barrow.


word: Complex
definition:
Complex

Com"plex
(k&obreve_;m"plĕks)
a.
[L. complexus, p. p. of complecti to entwine around, comprise; com- + plectere to twist, akin to plicare to fold. See Plait, n.]
1.
Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
Locke.

2.
Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.

When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex.
Whewell.

Complex fraction. See Fraction. -- Complex number (Math.), in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b√-1, when a and b are ordinary integers.


word: Complex₂
definition:
Complex

Com"plex
n.
[L. complexus]
Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.

This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
South.

Complex of lines (Geom.),  all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex; as, all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex. The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency.


word: Complexed
definition:
Complexed

Com*plexed"
(k&obreve_;m*plĕkst")
a.
Complex, complicated.
[Obs.]
Complexed
Sir T. Browne.


word: Complexedness
definition:
Complexedness

Com*plex"ed*ness
(k&obreve_;m*plĕks"ĕd*nĕs)
n.
The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.

The complexedness of these moral ideas.
Locke.


word: Complexion
definition:
Complexion

Com*plex"ion
(k&obreve_;m*plĕk"shŭn)
n.
[F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]
1.
The state of being complex; complexity.
[Obs.]

Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it.
I. Watts.

2.
A combination; a complex.
[Archaic]

This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
Coleridge.

3.
The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.
[Obs.]

If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
Milton.

It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
Shak.

4.
The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.

Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
Wordsworth.

Between the pale complexion of true love,
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain.
Shak.

5.
The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.


word: Complexional
definition:
Complexional

Com*plex"ion*al
(-al)
a.
Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.

A moral rather than a complexional timidity.
Burke.


word: Complexionally
definition:
Complexionally

Com*plex"ion*al*ly
adv.
Constitutionally.
[R.]

Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious.
Burke.


word: Complexionary
definition:
Complexionary

Com*plex"ion*a*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Complexioned
definition:
Complexioned

Com*plex"ioned
(k&obreve_;m*plĕk"shŭnd)
a.
Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.

A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay.
Fuller.


word: Complexity
definition:
Complexity

Com*plex"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Complexities (#).
[Cf. F. complexité.]
1.
The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

The objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity.
Burke.

2.
That which is complex; intricacy; complication.

Many-corridored complexities
Of Arthur's palace.
Tennyson.


word: Complexus
definition:
Complexus

Com*plex"us
(?)
n.
[L., an embracing.]
A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.


word: Compliable
definition:
Compliable

Com*pli"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.

Another compliable mind.
Milton.

The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passions.
Jortin.


word: Compliance
definition:
Compliance

Com*pli"ance
(?)
n.
[See Comply.]
1.
The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

What compliances will remove dissension?
Swift.

Ready compliance with the wishes of his people.
Macaulay.

2.
A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

A man of few words and of great compliance.
Clarendon.


word: Complicant
definition:
Complicant

Com"pli*cant
(?)
a.
[L. complicans, p. pr.]
(Zool.)
Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.


word: Complicate
definition:
Complicate

Com"pli*cate
(?)
a.
[L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.]
1.
Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
How complicate, how wonderful is man!
Young.

2.
(Bot.)
Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.


word: Complicate₂
definition:
Complicate

Com"pli*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Complicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Complicating.]
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

Nor can his complicated sinews fail.
Young.

Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action.
Addison.

When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
Arbuthnot.


word: complicating
definition:
complicating

complicating
n.
the act or process of making something more complex.

Syn. -- complication.


word: Complication
definition:
Complication

Com`pli*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compliasion: cf. F. complication.]
1.
The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.

A complication of diseases.
Macaulay.

Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times.
Palfrey.

2.
(Med.)
A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


word: Complice
definition:
Complice

Com"plice
(?)
n.
pl. Complices (#).
[F., fr. L. complex, -plicis, closely connected with one, confederate. See Complicate, and cf. Accomplice.]
An accomplice.
[Obs.]

To quell the rebels and their complices.
Shak.


word: Complicity
definition:
Complicity

Com*plic"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Complicities (#).
[F. complicité.]
The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.


word: Complier
definition:
Complier

Com*pli"er
(?)
n.
One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper.
Swift.


word: Compliment
definition:
Compliment

Com"pli*ment
(?)
n.
[F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See Complete, and cf. Complement.]
An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.

Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear
So many hollow compliments and lies.
Milton.

Many a compliment politely penned.
Cowper.

To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way. Locke. -- To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesies to. -- To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony.


word: Compliment₂
definition:
Compliment

Com"pli*ment
(?)
v. t.
To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.

Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . 
Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.
Prior.


word: Compliment₃
definition:
Compliment

Com"pli*ment
v. i.
To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.

I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another.
Boyle.


word: Complimental
definition:
Complimental

Com`pli*men"tal
(?)
a.
Complimentary.
[Obs.]

Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Complimentary
definition:
Complimentary

Com`pli*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.
Complimentary
Prescott.


word: Complin
definition:
Complin

Compline

{ Com"pline, Com"plin  }
(?)
n.
[From OE. complie, OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem. of L. completus) the religious exercise which completes and closes the service of the day. See Complete.]
(Eccl.)
The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.

The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
Hammond.


word: Complot
definition:
Complot

Com"plot
(?)
n.
[F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot.]
A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

I know their complot is to have my life.
Shak.


word: Complot₂
definition:
Complot

Com*plot"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting.]
[Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.]
To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.

We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans.
Pope.


word: Complutensian
definition:
Complutensian

Com`plu*ten"sian
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.


word: Compluvium
definition:
Compluvium

Com*plu"vi*um
(?)
n.
[L.]
(Arch.)
A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.


word: Comply
definition:
Comply

Com*ply"
(k&obreve_;m*plī")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Complied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Complying.]
[Perh. formed fr. compliment, influenced by ply, pliant, which are of different origin: cf. It. complire to compliment, finish, suit. See Compliment, Complete.]
1.
To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.

Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply,
Scandalous or forbidden in our law.
Milton.

They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.
Tillotson.

He that complies against his will
Is of his own opinion still.
Hudibras.

2.
To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Comply₂
definition:
Comply

Com*ply"
v. t.
[See comply, v. i.]
1.
To fulfill; to accomplish.
[Obs.]
Chapman.

2.
[Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.]
To infold; to embrace.
[Obs.]

Seemed to comply,
Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.
Herrick.


word: Compo
definition:
Compo

Com"po
(?)
n.
pl. -pos (#).
Short for Composition; -- used, esp. in England, colloq. in various trade applications;
(a)
A mortar made of sand and cement.
(b)
A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used  instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices.
(c)
A composition for billiard balls.
(d)
A preparation of which printer's rollers are made.
(e)
A preparation used in currying leather.
(f)
Composition paid by a debtor.


word: Compone
definition:
Compone

Com*pone"
(-p&omacrn")
v. t.
[L. componere. See Compound.]
To compose; to settle; to arrange.
[Obs.]

A good pretense for componing peace.
Strype.


word: Component
definition:
Component

Com*po"nent
(k&obreve_;m*p&omacr"nent)
a.
[L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t.]
Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

The component parts of natural bodies.
Sir I. Newton.


word: Component₂
definition:
Component

Com*po"nent
n.
A constituent part; an ingredient.

Component of force (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.


word: Compone₃
definition:
Compone

Compony

{ Com*po"ny (?), &VerbarCom*po"né (?) }
a.
[F. componé.]
(Her.)
Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.


word: Comport
definition:
Comport

Com*port"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting.]
[F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.]
1.
To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
[Obs.]
Barrow.

2.
To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.

How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
Beau. & Fl.

How their behavior herein comported with the institution.
Locke.


word: Comport₂
definition:
Comport

Com*port"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.
[Obs.]

The malcontented sort
That never can the present state comport.
Daniel.

2.
To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.

Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
Burke.


word: Comport₃
definition:
Comport

Com"port
(?, formerly _;)
n.
[Cf. OF. comport.]
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
[Obs.]

I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.
Dryden.


word: Comportance
definition:
Comportance

Com*port"ance
(?)
n.
Behavior; comport.
[Obs.]

Goodly comportance each to other bear.
Spenser.


word: Comportment
definition:
Comportment

Com*port"ment
(?)
n.
[F. comportement.]
Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.

A graceful comportment of their bodies.
Cowley.

Her serious and devout comportment.
Addison.


word: Compose
definition:
Compose

Com*pose"
(k&obreve_;m*p&omacrz")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Composed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Composing.]
[F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See Pose, v. t.]
1.
To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
Bp. Sprat.

2.
To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.

Their borrowed gold composed
The calf in Oreb.
Milton.

A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions.
I. Watts.

3.
To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.

Let me compose
Something in verse as well as prose.
Pope.

The genius that composed such works as the “Standard” and “Last Supper”.
B. R. Haydon.

4.
To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
Dryden.

How in safety best we may
Compose our present evils.
Milton.

5.
To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.

Compose thy mind;
Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
Dryden.

6.
(Print.)
To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).


word: Composed
definition:
Composed

Com*posed"
(?)
a.
Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.

The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate,
Composed his posture, and his look sedate.
Pope.


word: Composer
definition:
Composer

Com*pos"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.

If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer.
Addison.

His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer.
Moore (Encyc. of Mus.).

2.
One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference.

Sweet composers of the pensive soul.
Gay.


word: Composing
definition:
Composing

Com*pos"ing
a.
1.
Tending to compose or soothe.

2.
Pertaining to, or used in, composition.

Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule. -- Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.


word: Compositae
definition:
Compositae

Com*pos"i*tæ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from L. compositus made up of parts. See Composite.]
(Bot.)
A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.


word: Composite
definition:
Composite

Com*pos"ite
(?; 277)
a.
[L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf. Compost.]
1.
Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.

Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
Landor.

2.
(Arch.)
Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

3.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the order Compositæ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] -- Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.. -- Composite photograph or Composite portrait, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. F. Galton. -- Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. -- Composite ship, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.


word: Composite₂
definition:
Composite

Com*pos"ite
(?; 277)
n.
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
[R.]


word: Composition
definition:
Composition

Com`po*si"tion
(?)
n.
[F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See Composite.]
1.
The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
(a)
The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
composition
Macaulay.
(b)
(Fine Arts)
The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
(c)
The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
(d)
(Print.)
The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

2.
The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

View them in composition with other things.
I. Watts.

The elementary composition of bodies.
Whewell.

3.
A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.

A composition that looks . . . like marble.
Addison.

4.
A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.

5.
Consistency; accord; congruity.
[Obs.]

There is no composition in these news
That gives them credit.
Shak.

6.
Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

Thus we are agreed:
I crave our composition may be written.
Shak.

7.
(Law)
The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.

Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.
Hallam.

Cleared by composition with their creditors.
Blackstone.

8.
Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.
Sir I. Newton.

Composition cloth, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. -- Composition deed, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. -- Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. -- Composition of forces (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. Herbert. -- Composition metal, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal. -- Composition of proportion (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.


word: Compositive
definition:
Compositive

Com*pos"i*tive
(?)
a.
[L. compositivus.]
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
[R.]


word: Compositor
definition:
Compositor

Com*pos"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L., an arranger.]
1.
One who composes or sets in order.

2.
(Print.)
One who sets type and arranges it for use.


word: Compos mentis
definition:
Compos mentis

Com"pos men"tis
(?)
a.
[L.]
(Law)
Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.


word: Compossible
definition:
Compossible

Com*pos"si*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. com- + possible.]
Able to exist with another thing; consistent.
[R.]
Chillingworth.


word: Compost
definition:
Compost

Com"post
(?; 277)
n.
[OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See Composite.]
1.
A mixture; a compound.
[R.]

A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.
Hammond.

2.
(Agric.)
A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.

And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.
Shak.


word: Compost₂
definition:
Compost

Com"post
v. t.
1.
To manure with compost.

2.
To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.


word: Composture
definition:
Composture

Com*pos"ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. compositura, -postura, a joining.]
Manure; compost.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Composure
definition:
Composure

Com*po"sure
(?)
n.
[From Compose.]
1.
The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
[Obs.]

Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
Evelyn.

2.
Orderly adjustment; disposition.
[Obs.]

Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
Woodward.

3.
Frame; make; temperament.
[Obs.]

His composure must be rare indeed
Whom these things can not blemish.
Shak.

4.
A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
composure
Milton.

When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.
I. Watts.

5.
A combination; a union; a bond.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Compotation
definition:
Compotation

Com`po*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compotatio; com- + potare to drink.]
The act of drinking or tippling together.
[R.]

The fashion of compotation.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Compote
definition:
Compote

Com"pote
(k&obreve_;m"p&omacrt)
n.
[F. See Compost.]
1.
A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.
Littré.

2.
a bowl-shaped dish having a stem, and a base smaller than the bowl, used to serve compotes or other items, such as candies, nuts, or fruit; a compote dish.  Compotes may be made of different materials, such as glass, porcelain, or silver.

Syn. -- compote dish, compotier.


word: Compotier
definition:
Compotier

Com`po`tier"
(kôN`po̝`tyā")
n.
pl. Compotiers (F. tyā")
[F.]
A dish for holding compotes, fruit, etc.; a compote dish, or compote{2}.


word: Compound
definition:
Compound

Com"pound
(k&obreve_;m"pound)
n.
[Malay kompung a village.]
In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.


word: Compound₂
definition:
Compound

Com*pound"
(k&obreve_;m*pound")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.]
[OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Componé.]
1.
To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.
Addison.

3.
To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Only compound me with forgotten dust.
Shak.

4.
To compose; to constitute.
[Obs.]

His pomp and all what state compounds.
Shak.

5.
To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
Shak.

To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote.


word: Compound₃
definition:
Compound

Com*pound"
v. i.
To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year.
Shak.

They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
Clarendon.

Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
R. Carew.

Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they have no mind to.
Hudibras.


word: Compound₄
definition:
Compound

Com"pound
(?)
a.
[OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
I. Watts.

Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. -- Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. -- Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. -- Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether. -- Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. -- Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. -- Compound fracture. See Fracture. -- Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.] -- Compound interest. See Interest. -- Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. -- Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. -- Compound microscope. See Microscope. -- Compound motion. See Motion. -- Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. -- Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. -- Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. -- Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical. -- Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. -- Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. -- Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). -- Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. -- Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.


word: Compound₅
definition:
Compound

Com"pound
n.
1.
That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
Shak.

Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.
Goldsmith.

When the word “bishopric” was first made, it was made as a compound.
Earle.

2.
(Chem.)
A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

&hand_; Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement.

Binary compound (Chem.). See under Binary. -- Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under Carbon.


word: Compound control
definition:
Compound control

Com"pound con*trol"
(Aëronautics)
A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.


word: Compounder
definition:
Compounder

Com*pound"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.

2.
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
Compounders
Burke.

3.
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.

Religious houses made compounders
For the horrid actions of their founders.
Hudibras.

4.
One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
[Eng.]
A. Wood.

5.
(Eng. Hist.)
A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.


word: Comprecation
definition:
Comprecation

Com`pre*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. comprecatio, fr. comprecari to pray to. See Precarious.]
A praying together.
[Obs.]
Bp. Wilkins.


word: Comprehend
definition:
Comprehend

Com`pre*hend"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending.]
[L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See Get, and cf. Comprise.]
1.
To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure.
Is. xl. 12.

2.
To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion.
Hobbes.

And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying.
Rom. xiii. 9.

3.
To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

At a loss to comprehend the question.
W. Irwing.

Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend.
Job. xxxvii. 5.


word: comprehendible
definition:
comprehendible

comprehendible
adj.
able to be understood.  Opposite of incomprehensible.
[Narrower terms: clear, distinct]
Also See: clear, explicable, fathomable, intelligible.

Syn. -- comprehensible.


word: Comprehensibility
definition:
Comprehensibility

Com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.


word: Comprehensible
definition:
Comprehensible

Com"pre*hen"si*ble
(?)
a.
[L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compreéhensible.]
1.
Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.

Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it.
Bacon.

2.
Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.

The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us.
Locke.


word: Comprehensibleness
definition:
Comprehensibleness

Com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness
n.
The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.


word: Comprehensibly
definition:
Comprehensibly

Com`pre*hen"si*bly
adv.
1.
With great extent of signification; comprehensively.
Tillotson.

2.
Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.


word: Comprehension
definition:
Comprehension

Com`pre*hen"sion
(?)
n.
[L. comprehensio: cf. F. compréhension.]
1.
The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.

In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old.
Hooker.

2.
That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome.
[Obs.]

Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them.
Chillingworth.

3.
The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles.

4.
(Logic)
The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.

5.
(Rhet.)
A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.


word: Comprehensive
definition:
Comprehensive

Com`pre*hen"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. compréhensif.]
1.
Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.

A very comprehensive definition.
Bentley.

Large and comprehensive idea.
Channing.

2.
Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.
comprehensive
Pope.

3.
(Zool.)
Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

&hand_; The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.


word: Comprehensiveness
definition:
Comprehensiveness

Com`pre*hen"sive*ness
n.
The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.

Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins.
Addison.


word: Comprehensor
definition:
Comprehensor

Com`pre*hen"sor
(?)
n.
One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge.
[Obs.]

When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision.
Bp. Hall.


word: Compress
definition:
Compress

Com*press"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compressed (?); p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.]
[L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]
1.
To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life.
D. Webster.

The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
Melmoth.

2.
To embrace sexually.
[Obs.]
Pope.

3.
(Computers)
to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content.  The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.


word: Compress₂
definition:
Compress

Com"press
(?)
n.
[F. compresse.]
(Surg.)
A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.


word: Compressed
definition:
Compressed

Com*pressed"
(?)
a.
1.
Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

2.
(Bot.)
Flattened lengthwise.

Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.


word: Compressed yeast
definition:
Compressed yeast

Com*pressed" yeast
A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.


word: Compressibility
definition:
Compressibility

Com*press`i*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. compressibilité.]
The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.


word: Compressible
definition:
Compressible

Com*press"i*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. compressible.]
Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.


word: Compression
definition:
Compression

Com*pres"sion
(?)
n.
[L. compressio: cf. F. compression.]
1.
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
Compression
Johnson.

2.
(Computers)
reduction of the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content.  The act of compressing {3}.
Compression may be lossless compression, in which all of the information in the original data is preserved, and the original data may be recovered in form identical to its original form; or lossy compression, in which some of the information in the original data is lost, and decompression results in a data form slightly different from the original.  Lossy compression is used, for example, to compress audio or video recordings, and sometimes images, where the slight differences in the original data and the data recovered after lossy compression may be imperceptable to the human eye or ear.  The JPEG format is produced by a lossy compression algorithm.


word: Compression projectile
definition:
Compression projectile

Com*pres"sion pro*jec"tile
A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.


word: Compressive
definition:
Compressive

Com*press"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. compressif.]
Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.


word: Compressor
definition:
Compressor

Com*press"or
(?)
n.
[L.]
Anything which serves to compress
(a)
(Anat.)
A muscle that compresses certain parts.
(b)
(Surg.)
An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part.
(c)
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium.
(d)
(Mach.)
A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.


word: Comprint
definition:
Comprint

Com*print"
(?)
v. t. & i.
1.
To print together.

2.
(O. Eng. Law)
To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another.
E. Phillips.


word: Comprint₂
definition:
Comprint

Com"print
(?)
n.
(O. Eng. Law)
The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed.


word: Comprisal
definition:
Comprisal

Com*pris"al
(?)
n.
The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.

A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness.
Barrow.


word: Comprise
definition:
Comprise

Com*prise"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Comprised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Comprising.]
[From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See Comprehend.]
To comprehend; to include.

Comprise much matter in few words.
Hocker.

Friendship does two souls in one comprise.
Roscommon.


word: Comprobate
definition:
Comprobate

Com"pro*bate
(?)
v. i.
[L. comprobatus, p. p. of comprobare, to approve wholly.]
To agree; to concur.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Comprobation
definition:
Comprobation

Com`pro*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. comprobatio.]
1.
Joint attestation; proof.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Approbation.
[Obs.]
Foxe.


word: Compromise
definition:
Compromise

Com"pro*mise
(?)
n.
[F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to promise. See Promise.]
1.
A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
[Obs.]
Burrill.

2.
A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.

But basely yielded upon compromise
That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
Shak.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Burke.

An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.
Hallam.

3.
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.

I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.
Lamb.


word: Compromise₂
definition:
Compromise

Com"pro*mise
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compromised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising.]
[From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.]
1.
To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.
[Obs.]

Laban and himself were compromised
That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied
Should fall as Jacob's hire.
Shak.

2.
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

The controversy may easily be compromised.
Fuller.

3.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
Motley.


word: Compromise₃
definition:
Compromise

Com"pro*mise
v. i.
1.
To agree; to accord.
[Obs.]

2.
To make concession for conciliation and peace.


word: Compromit
definition:
Compromit

Com"pro*mit`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.]
[L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.]
1.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise.
State Trials (1529).

2.
To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.


word: Comprovincial
definition:
Comprovincial

Com`pro*vin"cial
(?)
a.
Belonging to, or associated in, the same province.
[Obs.]
n. One who belongs to the same province.
[Obs.]

The six islands, comprovincial
In ancient times unto Great Britain.
Spenser.


word: Compsognathus
definition:
Compsognathus

Comp*sog"na*thus
(k&obreve_;mp*s&obreve_;g"nȧ*thŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw.]
(Zool.)
A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.  It reached a length of 30 inches when adult.


word: Compt
definition:
Compt

Compt
(kount, formerly k&obreve_;mt; 215)
n.
[F. compte. See Count an account.]
Account; reckoning; computation.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Compt₃
definition:
Compt

Compt
a.
[L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.]
Neat; spruce.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.


word: Comptible
definition:
Comptible

Compt"i*ble
(?)
a.
[See Compt, v. t.]
Accountable; responsible; sensitive.
[Obs.]

I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage.
Shak.


word: Comptograph
definition:
Comptograph

Comp"to*graph
(?)
n.
[F. compter to count + -graph.]
A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum.  An older term for an adding machine.


word: Comptroler
definition:
Comptroler

Comp*trol"er
(?)
n.
A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.


word: Compulsative
definition:
Compulsative

Com*pul"sa*tive
(?)
a.
[From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel.]
Compulsatory.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Compulsatory
definition:
Compulsatory

Com*pul"sa*to*ry
(?)
a.
Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion.
[R.]

To recover of us, by strong hand
And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands.
Shak.


word: Compulsion
definition:
Compulsion

Com*pul"sion
(?)
n.
[L. compulsio. See Compel.]
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Shak.

With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low.
Milton.


word: Compulsive
definition:
Compulsive

Com*pul"sive
(?)
a.
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives.
Sharp.


word: Compulsory
definition:
Compulsory

Com*pul"so*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. compulsorius.]
1.
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

2.
Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory.
Burke.


word: Compunct
definition:
Compunct

Com*punct"
(?)
a.
[LL. compunctus, p. p.]
Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.
[Obs.]


word: Compunction
definition:
Compunction

Com*punc"tion
(?)
n.
[OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent.]
1.
A pricking; stimulation.
[Obs.]

That acid and piercing spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction.
Clarendon.


word: Compunctious
definition:
Compunctious

Com*punc"tious
(?)
a.
Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.

That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose.
Shak.


word: Compunctive
definition:
Compunctive

Com*punc"tive
(?)
a.
Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Compurgation
definition:
Compurgation

Com`pur*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t.]
1.
(Law)
The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

2.
Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.

He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation.
Bp. Hacket.


word: Compurgator
definition:
Compurgator

Com"pur*ga`tor
(?)
n.
[LL.]
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators.
Chillingworth.


word: Compurgatorial
definition:
Compurgatorial

Com*pur`ga*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation.
compurgatorial
Milman.


word: Computable
definition:
Computable

Com*put"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. computabilis.]
Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.

Not easily computable by arithmetic.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Computation
definition:
Computation

Com`pu*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. computatio: cf. F. computation.]
1.
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

By just computation of the time.
Shak.

By a computation backward from ourselves.
Bacon.

2.
The result of computation; the amount computed.

3.
(Computers)
The process of performing arithmetical or logical operations, on data by an electronic device.


word: computational
definition:
computational

computational
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to computation (definition 3).

2.
accomplished by a computer{2} or computation{3}; as, computational linguistics; computational morphology.


word: Compute
definition:
Compute

Com*pute"
(k&obreve_;m*pūt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.]
[L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
To determine by calculation; to reckon; to count.

Two days, as we compute the days of heaven.
Milton.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
Burns.


word: Computer
definition:
Computer

Com*put"er
(k&obreve_;m*pūt"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who computes.
2.
(Computers)
an electronic device for performing calculations automatically.  It consists of a clock to provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of the devices within the computer, a central processing unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are performed on data, a random-access memory, where the programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to input data and output results, and various other peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as circuitry to support the main operations.
This modern sense of computer comprises the stored-program computers, in which multiple steps in a calculation may be stored within the computer itself as instructions in a program, and are then executed by the computer without further intervention of the operator.  Different types of computer are variously called analog computer, number cruncher, number-cruncher, digital computer, and pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator, totalisator.

Syn. -- data processor, electronic computer, information processing system.

3.
(Computers)
same as digital computer.


word: computerize
definition:
computerize

computerize
v. t.
1.
to provide with computers; as, Our office is fully computerized now.

2.
to to store in a computer; as, a computerized dictionary.

3.
to cause (a function) to be carried out by a computer or computers; as, They computerized their order processing.


word: computer program
definition:
computer program

computer program
n.
a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most frequently a program.  This term is used both for the written program (a document) and for its corresponding electronic version stored or executed on the computer.  See instruction; as, Version 1.0 of the program had a serious bug that caused the computer to crash frequently..

Syn. -- program, program, computer programme.


word: Comrade
definition:
Comrade

Com"rade
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[Sp. camarada, fr. L. camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. Chamber.]
A mate, companion, or associate.

And turned my flying comrades to the charge.
J. Baillie.

I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . 
To be a comrade with the wolf and owl.
Shak.


word: comradely
definition:
comradely

comradely
adj.
like a comrade; heartily friendly and congenial.

Syn. -- hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met.


word: Comradery
definition:
Comradery

Com"rade*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. camarederie.]
The spirit of comradeship; comradeship.
[R.]

“Certainly”, said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker.
W. D. Howells.


word: Comtism
definition:
Comtism

Com"tism
(? or ?)
n.
[Named after the French philosopher, Auguste Comte.]
Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.


word: Con
definition:
Con

Con
adv.
[Abbrev. from L. contra against.]
Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.


word: Con₂
definition:
Con

Con
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.]
[AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.]
1.
To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
[Obs.]

Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill.
Spenser.

They say they con to heaven the highway.
Spenser.

2.
To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book.
Wordsworth.

I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
Burke.

To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.


word: Con₃
definition:
Con

Con
v. t.
[See Cond.]
(Naut.)
To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.


word: Conacre
definition:
Conacre

Con*a"cre
(?)
v. t.
To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm.
[Ireland]


word: Conacre₂
definition:
Conacre

Con*a"cre
n.
A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop.
[Ireland]
Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle.
Mozley & W.


word: Conation
definition:
Conation

Co*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conatio.]
(Philos.)
The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Of conation, in other words, of desire and will.
J. S. Mill.


word: Conative
definition:
Conative

Co"na*tive
(? or ?)
a.
[See Conatus.]
Of or pertaining to conation.

This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Conatus
definition:
Conatus

Co*na"tus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. conatus, p. p. of conari to attempt.]
A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.

What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece?
Paley.


word: Concamerate
definition:
Concamerate

Con*cam"er*ate
(k&obreve_;n*kăm"ẽr*āt)
v. t.
[L. concameratus, p. p. of concamerare to arch over. See Camber.]
1.
To arch over; to vault.

Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone.
Grew.

2.
To divide into chambers or cells.
Woodward.


word: Concameration
definition:
Concameration

Con*cam`er*a"tion
(-ā"shŭn)
n.
[L. concameratio.]
1.
An arch or vault.

2.
A chamber of a multilocular shell.
Glanvill.


word: Concatenate
definition:
Concatenate

Con*cat"e*nate
(k&obreve_;n*kăt"e̝*nāt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating.]
[L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate.]
To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

This all things friendly will concatenate.
Dr. H. More


word: Concatenation
definition:
Concatenation

Con*cat`e*na"tion
(-nā"shŭn)
n.
[L. concatenatio.]
A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will.
South.

A concatenation of explosions.
W. Irving.


word: Concave
definition:
Concave

Con"cave
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;*kā*v" or k&obreve_;n"-; 277)
a.
[L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow.]
1.
Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

2.
Hollow; void of contents.
[R.]

As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut.
Shak.


word: Concave₂
definition:
Concave

Con"cave
n.
[L. concavum.]
1.
A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Up to the fiery concave towering hight.
Milton.

2.
(Mech.)
A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.


word: Concave₃
definition:
Concave

Con"cave
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. concaved (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Concaving.]
To make hollow or concave.


word: Concavity
definition:
Concavity

Con*cav"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Concavities (#).
[L. concavitas: cf. F. concavité. See Concave.]
A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.


word: Concavo-convex
definition:
Concavo-convex

Con*ca`vo-con"vex
(?)
a.
1.
Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.

2.
(Optics)
Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under Lens.


word: Conceal
definition:
Conceal

Con*ceal"
(k&obreve_;n*sēl")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concealed (k&obreve_;n*sēld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Concealing.]
[OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See Hell, Helmet.]
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.
Prov. xxv. 2.

Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not.
Jer. l. 2.

He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . 
He that conceals him, death.
Shak.
Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
Spenser.

Both dissemble deeply their affections.
Shak.

We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it.
Warburton.


word: Concealed
definition:
Concealed

Con*cealed"
(?)
a.
Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.
Concealed weapons (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.


word: Concealment
definition:
Concealment

Con*ceal"ment
(?)
n.
[OF. concelement.]
1.
The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek.
Shak.

Some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up awhile.
Shak.

2.
A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

The cleft tree
Offers its kind concealment to a few.
Thomson.

3.
A secret; out of the way knowledge.
[Obs.]

Well read in strange concealments.
Shak.

4.
(Law)
Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.
Wharton.


word: Concede
definition:
Concede

Con*cede"
(k&obreve_;n*sēd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.]
[L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede.]
1.
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
Boyle.

2.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms.
Burke.


word: Concede₂
definition:
Concede

Con*cede"
v. i.
To yield or make concession.

I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
Burke.


word: conceded
definition:
conceded

conceded
adj. prenom.
acknowledged.  Opposite of unacknowledged.

Syn. -- admitted(prenominal), avowed(prenominal), confessed(prenominal), self-confessed(prenominal).


word: Conceit
definition:
Conceit

Con*ceit"
(?)
n.
[Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and cf. Concept, Deceit.]
1.
That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
Bacon.

A man wise in his own conceit.
Prov. xxvi. 12.

2.
Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
[Obs.]

How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.
Sir P. Sidney.

3.
Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
Shak.

4.
A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.
L'Estrange.

Some to conceit alone their works confine,
And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
Pope.

Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
Dryden.

5.
An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
Cotton.

6.
Design; pattern.
[Obs.]
Shak.

In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming. -- Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. -- To put [one] out of conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.


word: Conceit₂
definition:
Conceit

Con*ceit"
(?)
v. t.
To conceive; to imagine.
[Archaic]

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so.
South.

One of two bad ways you must conceit me,
Either a coward or a flatterer.
Shak.


word: Conceit₃
definition:
Conceit

Con*ceit"
v. i.
To form an idea; to think.
[Obs.]

Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.
Milton.


word: Conceited
definition:
Conceited

Con*ceit"ed
a.
1.
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
[Obs.]

He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
Knolles.

2.
Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.

If you think me too conceited
Or to passion quickly heated.
Swift.

Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
Bentley.

3.
Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
[Obs.]

A conceited chair to sleep in.
Evelyn.


word: Conceitless
definition:
Conceitless

Con*ceit"less
a.
Without wit; stupid.
[Obs.]

Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless.
To be seduced by thy flattery?
Shak.


word: Conceivable
definition:
Conceivable

Con*ceiv"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. concevable.]
Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood.
conceivable
Bp. Wilkins.

It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed.
Atterbury.


word: Conceive
definition:
Conceive

Con*ceive"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.]
[OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf. Conception.]
1.
To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

She hath also conceived a son in her old age.
Luke i. 36.

2.
To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
Gibbon.

Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Is. lix. 13.

3.
To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand.
conceive
Hawthorne.

O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart
Cannot conceive nor name thee!
Shak.

You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.
Swift.


word: Conceive₂
definition:
Conceive

Con*ceive"
v. i.
1.
To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son.
Isa. vii. 14.

2.
To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures.
I. Watts.


word: Concelebrate
definition:
Concelebrate

Con*cel"e*brate
(?)
v. t.
[L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.]
To celebrate together.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Concent
definition:
Concent

Con*cent"
(?)
n.
[L. concentus, fr. concinere to sing together; con- + canere to sing.]
1.
Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes.
[Archaic.]
Bacon.

That undisturbed song of pure concent.
Milton.

2.
Consistency; accordance.
[Obs.]

In concent to his own principles.
Atterbury.


word: Concentre
definition:
Concentre

Concenter

{ Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre  }
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred (_;); p. pr & vb. n. Concentering (?) or Concentring (_;).]
[F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See Center, and cf. Concentrate]
To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

God, in whom all perfections concenter.
Bp. Beveridge.


word: Concentre₂
definition:
Concentre

Concenter

{ Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre  }
v. t.
To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.

In thee concentering all their precious beams.
Milton.

All is concentered in a life intense.
Byren.


word: Concentrate
definition:
Concentrate

Con*cen"trate
(? or ?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.]
[Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]
1.
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.

(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
Motley.

2.
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.

Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength.
Arbuthnot.


word: Concentrate₂
definition:
Concentrate

Con*cen"trate
(? or ?)
v. i.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.


word: concentrated
definition:
concentrated

concentrated
adj.
1.
Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore.
[Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted)]

2.
Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite of distributed or diffused.
[Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered; centered, centred, centralized, focused;  undivided]
[Also See: compact.]

3.
Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay.

4.
being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.  Opposite of dilute or unsaturated.
[Narrower terms: supersaturated]

Syn. -- saturated.

5.
reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid.  Opposite of diluted.

Syn. -- condensed.

6.
characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.

Syn. -- intensive.

7.
characterized by mental concentration.

Syn. -- intent.


word: Concentration
definition:
Concentration

Con`cen*tra"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. concentration.]
1.
The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

Concentration of the lunar beams.
Boyle.

Intense concetration of thought.
Sir J. Herschel.

2.
The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration.
Knight.

3.
(Metal.)
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.


word: Concentrative
definition:
Concentrative

Con*cen"tra*tive
(?)
a.
Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.

A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Concentrativeness
definition:
Concentrativeness

Con*cen"tra*tive*ness
n.
1.
The quality of concentrating.

2.
(Phren.)
The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers.
Combe.


word: Concentrator
definition:
Concentrator

Con"cen*tra`tor
(?)
n.
(Mining)
1.
An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
Knight.
2.
(Firearms)
A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.


word: Concentrical
definition:
Concentrical

Concentric

{ Con*cen"tric (?), Con*cen"tric*al (?) }
a.
[F. concentrique. See Concenter.]
Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.

Concentric circles upon the surface of the water.
Sir I. Newton.

Concentrical rings like those of an onion.
Arbuthnot.


word: Concentric
definition:
Concentric

Con*cen"tric
n.
That which has a common center with something else.

Its pecular relations to its concentrics.
Coleridge.


word: Concept
definition:
Concept

Con"cept
(?)
n.
[L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See Conceit.]
An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Conceptacle
definition:
Conceptacle

Con*cep"ta*cle
(?)
n.
[L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive. See Conceive.]
1.
That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle.
[Obs.]
Woodward.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.
(b)
One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.


word: Conceptibility
definition:
Conceptibility

Con*cep`ti*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness.
Cudworth.


word: Conceptible
definition:
Conceptible

Con*cep"ti*ble
(?)
a.
[See Conceive.]
Capable of being conceived; conceivable.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Conception
definition:
Conception

Con*cep"tion
(?)
n.
[F. conception, L. conceptio, fr. concipere to conceive. See Conceive.]
1.
The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy conception.
Gen. iii. 16.

2.
The state of being conceived; beginning.

Joy had the like conception in our eyes.
Shak.

3.
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.

Under the article of conception, I shall confine myself to that faculty whose province it is to enable us to form a notion of our past sensations, or of the objects of sense that we have formerly perceived.
Stewart.

4.
The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.

Conception consists in a conscious act of the understanding, bringing any given object or impression into the same class with any number of other objects or impression, by means of some character or characters common to them all.
Coleridge.

5.
The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.

He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to denote some more general and abstract conception than that of the visible operation which the word primarily signifies.
Whewell.

6.
Idea; purpose; design.

Note this dangerous conception.
Shak.

7.
Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
[Obs.]

He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticism.
Dryden.


word: Conceptive
definition:
Conceptive

Con*cep"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. conceptif, L. conceptivus.]
Capable of conceiving.
Sir T. Browne


word: conceptualisation
definition:
conceptualisation

conceptualisation
n.
the act of formulating or making a concept of something.

Syn. -- conceptualization, formulation, formularizing, formularising.


word: conceptualise
definition:
conceptualise

conceptualise
v. t.
same as conceptualize.
[British]

Syn. -- conceive, conceive of, conceptualize, ideate.


word: Conceptualism
definition:
Conceptualism

Con*cep"tu*al*ism
(?)
n.
(Metaph.)
A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.
Stewart.


word: Conceptualist
definition:
Conceptualist

Con*cep"tu*al*ist
n.
(Metaph.)
One who maintains the theory of conceptualism.
Stewart.


word: conceptualization
definition:
conceptualization

conceptualization
n.
the act of formulating or making a concept of something.

Syn. -- conceptualisation, formulation, formularizing, formularising.

2.
an elaborated concept.

Syn. -- conceptuality.


word: conceptualize
definition:
conceptualize

conceptualize
v. t.
1.
to to form a concept of; as, He could not conceptualize a robot that would help paralyzed patients.

Syn. -- conceive, conceive of, conceptualise, ideate.


word: Concern
definition:
Concern

Con*cern"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Concerning.]
[F. concerner, LL. concernere to regard, concern, fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes, to perceive, see. See Certain.]
1.
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts xxviii. 31.

Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.
Addison.

It much concerns a preacher first to learn
The genius of his audience and their turn.
Dodsley.

Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned.
J. F. Cooper.

2.
To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.

They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor.
Rogers.


word: Concern₂
definition:
Concern

Con*cern"
v. i.
To be of importance.
[Obs.]

Which to deny concerns more than avails.
Shak.


word: Concern₃
definition:
Concern

Con*cern"
n.
1.
That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.

The private concerns of fanilies.
Addison.

2.
That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.

Mysterious secrets of a high concern.
Roscommon.

3.
Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.

O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns
And gentle wishes follow me to battle.
Addison.

4.
(Com.)
Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.

The whole concern, all connected with a particular affair or business.


word: Concerned
definition:
Concerned

Con*cerned"
(?)
a.
[See Concern, v. t., 2.]
Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.


word: Concerning
definition:
Concerning

Con*cern"ing
prep.
Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.

I have accepted thee concerning this thing.
Gen. xix. 21.

The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Num. x. 29.


word: Concerning₃
definition:
Concerning

Con*cern"ing
(?)
n.
1.
That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
concernments
I. Watts.

To mix with thy concernments I desist.
Milton.

2.
Importance; moment; consequence.

Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
Concern; participation; interposition.

He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence.
Clarendon.

4.
Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.

While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment.
Dryden.


word: Concert
definition:
Concert

Con*cert"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concerting.]
[F. concerter, It. concertare, conertare, prob. from L. consertus, p. p. of conserere to join together; con- + serere to join together, influenced by concertare to contend; con- + centare to strive; properly, to try to decide; fr. cernere to distinguish. See Series, and cf. Concern.]
1.
To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
Bp. Burnet.

2.
To plan; to devise; to arrange.

A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the campaign.
Burke.


word: Concert₂
definition:
Concert

Con*cert"
v. i.
To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot.
Bp. Burnet


word: Concert₃
definition:
Concert

Con"cert
(k&obreve_;n"sẽrt)
n.
[F. concert, It. concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See Concert, v. t.]
1.
Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.

All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert.
Swift.

2.
Musical accordance or harmony; concord.

Let us in concert to the season sing.
Cowper.

3.
A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

Visit by night your lady's chamber window
With some sweet concert.
Shak.

And boding screech owls make the concert full.
Shak.

Concert pitch. See under Pitch.


word: Concertante
definition:
Concertante

Con`cer*tan"te
(?; It. ?)
n.
[It., orig p. pr. of concertare to form or perform a concert. See Concert.]
(Mus.)
A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.


word: Concerted
definition:
Concerted

Con*cert"ed
(?)
a.
Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals.

Concerted piece (Mus.), a composition in parts for several voices or instrument, as a trio, a quartet, etc.


word: Concertina
definition:
Concertina

Con`cer*ti"na
(?)
n.
[From It. concerto a concert.]
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.


word: Concertino
definition:
Concertino

Con`cer*ti"no
(?)
n.
[See Concertina.]
(Mus.)
A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.


word: Concertmeister
definition:
Concertmeister

Con*cert`meis"ter
(?)
n.
[G.]
(Mus.)
The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.


word: Concerto
definition:
Concerto

Con*cer"to
(?; It. ?)
n.
pl. Concertos (#).
[It. See Concert, n.]
(Mus.)
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.


word: European concert
definition:
European concert

Concert of Europe

{ Concert of Europe, or European concert}
An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern Question.


word: Concert of the powers
definition:
Concert of the powers

Concert of the powers
An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.


word: Concession
definition:
Concession

Con*ces"sion
(?)
n.
[L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See Concede.]
1.
The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

By mutual concession the business was adjusted.
Hallam.

2.
A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.

This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain.
Sharp.

When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions.
Swift.


word: Concessionnaire
definition:
Concessionnaire

Concessionaire

{ Con*ces`sion*aire" (?),  &VerbarCon`ces`sion`naire" (?) }
n.
[F. concessionnaire.]
The beneficiary of a concession or grant.


word: Concessionary
definition:
Concessionary

Con*ces"sion*a*ry
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a concession.
n.; pl. -ries (_;). A concessionaire.


word: Concessive
definition:
Concessive

Con*ces"sive
(?)
a.
[L. concessivus.]
Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.
Lowth.


word: Concetto
definition:
Concetto

Con*cet"to
(?; It. ?)
n.
pl. Concetti (#).
[It., fr. L. conceptus. See Conceit.]
Affected wit; a conceit.
Chesterfield.


word: Conch
definition:
Conch

Conch
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;k)
n.
[L. concha, Gr. ko`gchh. See Coach, n.]
1.
(Zool.)
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. Strombus gigas is the large pink West Indian conch.  The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo and cameo conch.

&hand_; The conch is sometimes used as a horn or trumpet, as in fogs at sea, or to call laborers from work.

2.
In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

3.
[often capitalized]
One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.

4.
(Arch.)
See Concha, n.

5.
The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.


word: Concha
definition:
Concha

Con"cha
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"kȧ)
n.
[LL. (in sense 1), fr. L. concha. See Conch.]
1.
(Arch.)
The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

2.
(Anat.)
The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.


word: Conchal
definition:
Conchal

Con"chal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.


word: Conchifera
definition:
Conchifera

Con*chif"e*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. concha + ferre to bear.]
(Zool.)
That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.


word: Conchiform
definition:
Conchiform

Con"chi*form
a.
[Conch + -form.]
Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.


word: Conchite
definition:
Conchite

Con"chite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. conchite. See Conch.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil or petrified conch or shell.


word: Conchoid
definition:
Conchoid

Con"choid
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; shell + e'i^dos form: cf. F. conchoïde.]
(Geom.)
A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.


word: Conchoidal
definition:
Conchoidal

Con*choid"al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. conchoïdal.]
(Min.)
Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.


word: Conchology
definition:
Conchology

Con*chol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Conch + -logy.]
(Zool.)
The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.


word: Conchometer
definition:
Conchometer

Con*chom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Conch + -meter.]
(Zool.)
An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.


word: Conchometry
definition:
Conchometry

Con*chom"e*try
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.


word: Concho-spiral
definition:
Concho-spiral

Con`cho-spi"ral
(?)
n.
A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.
Agassiz.


word: Conchyliaceous
definition:
Conchyliaceous

Conchylaceous

{ Con`chy*la"ceous (?), Con*chyl`i*a"ceous (?) }
a.
[L. conchylium shell, Gr. _;, dim. of _;, equiv. to _;. See Conch.]
Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions.
Kirwan.


word: Conchyliology
definition:
Conchyliology

Conchyliologist

{ Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gist (?), n., Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy (?), }
n.
See Conchologist, and Conchology.


word: Conciator
definition:
Conciator

Con"ci*a`tor
(?)
n.
[It. conciatore, fr. conciare to adjust, dress, fr. L. comtus, p. p. See Compt, a.]
(Glass Works)
The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.


word: Concierge
definition:
Concierge

Con`cierge"
(?)
n.
[F.]
One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.


word: Conciergerie
definition:
Conciergerie

Con`cier`ge*rie"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor.

2.
A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris.


word: Conciliable
definition:
Conciliable

Con*cil"i*a*ble
(?)
n.
[L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council.]
A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Conciliable₂
definition:
Conciliable

Con*cil"i*a*ble
a.
[Cf. F. conciliable.]
Capable of being conciliated or reconciled.
Milton.


word: Conciliabule
definition:
Conciliabule

Con*cil"i*a*bule
(?)
n.
[See Conciliable, n.]
An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable.
Milman.


word: Conciliary
definition:
Conciliary

Conciliar

{ Con*cil"i*ar (?), Con*cil"i*a*ry (?) }
a.
[Cf. F. conciliare.]
Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Conciliate
definition:
Conciliate

Con*cil"i*ate
(?; 106)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n. Conciliating.]
[L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.]
To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation.
Hallam.


word: Conciliation
definition:
Conciliation

Con*cil`i*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conciliatio.]
The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.

The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America.
Burke.


word: Conciliatory
definition:
Conciliatory

Con*cil"i*a*to*ry
(?; 106)
a.
Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.

The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy.
Prescott.


word: Concinnate
definition:
Concinnate

Con*cin"nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity.]
To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Concinnity
definition:
Concinnity

Con*cin"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin.]
Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.
[R.]

An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy.
Howell.


word: Concinnous
definition:
Concinnous

Con*cin"nous
(?)
a.
[L. concinnus.]
Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant.
[R.]

The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne.
De Quiency.


word: Concionate
definition:
Concionate

Con"cio*nate
(?)
v. i.
[L. concionatus, p. p. of concionari to adress.]
To preach.
[Obs.]
Lithgow.


word: Concionator
definition:
Concionator

Con"cio*na`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
1.
An haranguer of the people; a preacher.

2.
(Old Law)
A common councilman.
[Obs.]


word: Concionatory
definition:
Concionatory

Con"cio*na`to*ry
(?; 106)
a.
Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Concise
definition:
Concise

Con*cise"
(?)
a.
[L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.]
Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.
B. Jonson.

Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little.
I. Watts.


word: Concision
definition:
Concision

Con*ci"sion
(?)
n.
[L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See Concise.]
A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction.
South.


word: Concitation
definition:
Concitation

Con`ci*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. concitatio. See Concite.]
The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating.
[Obs.]
concitation
Sir T. Browne.


word: Concite
definition:
Concite

Con*cite"
(?)
v. t.
[L. concitare; con- + citare. See Cite.]
To excite or stir up.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.


word: Conclamation
definition:
Conclamation

Con`cla*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conclamatio.]
An outcry or shout of many together.
[R.]

Before his funeral conclamation.
May (Lucan).


word: Conclave
definition:
Conclave

Con"clave
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.]
1.
The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

2.
The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.

It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.
South.

3.
A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London.
Macaulay.

To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.


word: Conclavist
definition:
Conclavist

Con"cla`vist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. conclaviste, It. conclavista.]
One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.


word: Conclude
definition:
Conclude

Con*clude"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Concluding.]
[L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
1.
To shut up; to inclose.
[Obs.]

The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.
Hooker.

2.
To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
[Obs.]

For God hath concluded all in unbelief.
Rom. xi. 32.

The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.
Gal. iii. 22.

3.
To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.

No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him.
Tillotson.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith.
Rom. iii. 28.

4.
To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

But no frail man, however great or high,
Can be concluded blest before he die.
Addison.

Is it concluded he shall be protector?
Shak.

5.
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state.
Bacon.

6.
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain.
conclude
Shak.

7.
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.

If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Conclude₂
definition:
Conclude

Con*clude"
v. i.
1.
To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.

A train of lies,
That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries.
Dryden.

And, to conclude,
The victory fell on us.
Shak.

2.
To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

Can we conclude upon Luther's instability?
Bp. Atterbury.

Conclude and be agreed.
Shak.


word: Concludency
definition:
Concludency

Con*clud"en*cy
(?)
n.
Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Concludent
definition:
Concludent

Con*clud"ent
(?)
a.
[L. concludens, p. pr.]
Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive.
[Obs.]

Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Conclusion
definition:
Conclusion

Con*clu"sion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]
1.
The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.
Prescott.

2.
Final decision; determination; result.

And the conclusion is, she shall be thine.
Shak.

3.
Any inference or result of reasoning.

4.
(Logic)
The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion.
Addison.

5.
Drawing of inferences.
[Poetic]

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion.
Shak.

6.
An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
[Obs.]

We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.
Bacon.

7.
(Law)
(a)
The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace,” etc.
(b)
An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
Wharton.

Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country,” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. -- In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. -- To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.

Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket creep.
Shak.


word: Conclusive
definition:
Conclusive

Con*clu"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. conclusif.]
Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.

Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them.
Rogers.

Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. -- Conclusive presumption (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.


word: Concoct
definition:
Concoct

Con*coct"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting.]
[L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]
1.
To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.
[Obs.]

Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates.
Cheyne.

2.
To purify or refine chemically.
[Obs.]
Thomson.

3.
To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.

4.
To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune.
Hayward.

5.
To mature or perfect; to ripen.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Concoction
definition:
Concoction

Con*coc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. concoctio.]
1.
A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
[Obs.]

2.
The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.

3.
The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
Donne.

4.
(Med.)
Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
[Obs.]

5.
The act of perfecting or maturing.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Concoctive
definition:
Concoctive

Con*coct"ive
(?)
a.
Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.

Hence the concoctive powers, with various art,
Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle.
J. Armstrong.


word: Concolor
definition:
Concolor

Con"col`or
(?)
a.
[L. concolor; con- + color color.]
Of the same color; of uniform color.
[R.]
Concolor
Sir T. Browne.


word: Concomitancy
definition:
Concomitancy

Concomitance

{ Con*com"i*tance (?), Con*com"i*tan*cy (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia.]
1.
The state of accompanying; accompaniment.

The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
(R.C.Ch.)
The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by communicating in one kind only.


word: Concomitant
definition:
Concomitant

Con*com"i*tant
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L.  con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.]
Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure.
Locke.


word: Concomitant₂
definition:
Concomitant

Con*com"i*tant
n.
One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.

Reproach is a concomitant to greatness.
Addison.

The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness.
South.


word: Concord
definition:
Concord

Con"cord
(?)
n.
[F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of the same mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf. Accord.]
1.
A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Milton.

2.
Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
[Obs.]

The concord made between Henry and Roderick.
Davies.

3.
(Gram.)
Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.

4.
(Old Law)
An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine.
Burril.

5.
[Prob. influenced by chord.]
(Mus.)
An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.


word: Concord₂
definition:
Concord

Con"cord
n.
A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.


word: Concord₃
definition:
Concord

Con*cord"
(?)
v. i.
[F. concorder, L. concordare.]
To agree; to act together.
[Obs.]
Clarendon.


word: Concordance
definition:
Concordance

Con*cord"ance
(?)
n.
[F., fr. LL. concordantia.]
1.
Agreement; accordance.

Contrasts, and yet concordances.
Carlyle.

2.
(Gram.)
Concord; agreement.
[Obs.]
Aschlam.

3.
An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance.
Macaulay.

4.
A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.


word: Concordant
definition:
Concordant

Con*cord"ant
(?)
a.
[L. concordans, p. pr. of concordare: cf. F. concordant. See Concord.]
Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.

Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves.
Sir T. Browne


word: Concordat
definition:
Concordat

Con*cor"dat
(?)
n.
[F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord.]
1.
A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.

2.
An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801.
Hook.


word: Concord buggy
definition:
Concord buggy

Con"cord bug"gy
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"kẽrd)
[From Concord, New Hampshire, where first made.]
A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs.


word: Concorporate
definition:
Concorporate

Con*cor"po*rate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[L. concorporatus, p. p. of concorporare.]
To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate.
[Archaic.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Concorporation
definition:
Concorporation

Con*cor`po*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. concorporatio.]
Union of things in one mass or body.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Concourse
definition:
Concourse

Con"course
(?)
n.
[F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See Concur.]
1.
A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.

Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade.
Prescott.

3.
The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies.
[Obs.]

The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses.
Sir I. Newton.

4.
An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.

5.
Concurrence; cooperation.
[Obs.]

The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding.
Barrow.


word: Concreate
definition:
Concreate

Con`cre*ate"
(? or ?)
v. t.
To create at the same time.

If God did concreate grace with Adam.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Concremation
definition:
Concremation

Con`cre*ma"tion
(? or ?)
n.
[L. concrematio, fr. concremare. See Cremate.]
The act of burning different things together.
[Obs.]


word: Concrement
definition:
Concrement

Con"cre*ment
(?)
n.
[L. concrementum, fr. concrescere. See Concrete.]
A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union.
[Obs.]

The concrement of a pebble or flint.
Sir M. Hale


word: Concrescence
definition:
Concrescence

Con*cres"cence
(?)
n.
[L. concrescentia.]
Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles.
[R.]
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Concrescible
definition:
Concrescible

Con*cres"ci*ble
(?)
a.
[F.]
Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state.
[Obs.]

They formed a . . . fixed concrescible oil.
Fourcroy (Trans. ).


word: Concrete
definition:
Concrete

Con"crete
(? or ?)
a.
[L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See Crescent.]
1.
United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state.
Bp. Burnet.

2.
(Logic)
(a)
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.
Hence:
(b)
Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.

Concrete is opposed to abstract. The names of individuals are concrete, those of classes abstract.
J. S. Mill.

Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs.
I. Watts.

Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a particular object. -- Concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such objects. Davies & Peck. -- Concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws. -- Concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another. Rush.


word: Concrete₂
definition:
Concrete

Con"crete
n.
1.
A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.

To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances.
Boyle.

2.
A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp.  for submarine structures.

3.
(Logic)
A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

The concretes “father” and “son” have, or might have, the abstracts “paternity” and “filiety”.
J. S. Mill.

4.
(Sugar Making)
Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.


word: Concrete₃
definition:
Concrete

Con*crete"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb. n. Concreting.]
To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.

&hand_; Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the concretion of blood. “The blood of some who died of the plague could not be made to concrete.”  Arbuthnot.


word: Concrete₄
definition:
Concrete

Con*crete"
v. t.
1.
To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.

There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.


word: Concretion
definition:
Concretion

Con*cre"tion
(?)
n.
[L. concretio.]
1.
The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

2.
A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.

Accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions.
Dunglison.

3.
(Geol.)
A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.


word: Concretionary
definition:
Concretionary

Con*cre"tion*a*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.


word: Concubinage
definition:
Concubinage

Con*cu"bi*nage
(?)
n.
1.
The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.

&hand_; In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law.

2.
(Law)
A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.


word: Concubinarian
definition:
Concubinarian

Con*cu`bi*na"ri*an
(?)
a. & n.
Concubinary.

The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy.
Milman.


word: Concubinary
definition:
Concubinary

Con*cu"bi*na*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. concubinarius.]
Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.


word: Concubine
definition:
Concubine

Con"cu*bine
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]
1.
A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.

&hand_; Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female.
Trench.

2.
A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.


word: Conculcate
definition:
Conculcate

Con*cul"cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Concultated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conculcating.]
[L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel.]
To tread or trample under foot.
[Obs.]
Bp. Montagu


word: Concupiscence
definition:
Concupiscence

Con*cu"pis*cence
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. concupiscentia.]
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness.
Horne.


word: Concupiscent
definition:
Concupiscent

Con*cu"pis*cent
(?)
a.
[L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet.]
Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious.
Johnson.


word: Concupiscible
definition:
Concupiscible

Con*cu`pis*ci*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. concupiscible.]
1.
Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires.
Shak.

2.
Exciting desire, good or evil.

The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite.
South.


word: Concur
definition:
Concur

Con*cur"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Concurred (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Concurring.]
[L. concurrere to run together, agree; con- + currere to run. See Current.]
1.
To run together; to meet.
[Obs.]

Anon they fierce encountering both concurred
With grisly looks and faces like their fates.
J. Hughes.

2.
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect.

When outward causes concur.
Jer. Colier.

3.
To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.

Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion.
Fox.

Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker.
Makaulay.

This concurs directly with the letter.
Shak.

4.
To assent; to consent.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Concurrence
definition:
Concurrence

Con*cur"rence
(?)
n.
[F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]
1.
The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us.
Locke.

2.
A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.

Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people.
Swift.

3.
Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; cooperation.

We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it.
Rogers.

An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence.
Burke.

4.
A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.


word: Concurrent
definition:
Concurrent

Con*cur"rent
(?)
a.
[F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]
1.
Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect; cooperating.

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
Sir J. Davies.

The concurrent testimony of antiquity.
Bp. Warburton.

2.
Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return.
Bacon.

Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye.
Tyndall.

3.
Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

4.
(Geom.)
Meeting in one point.


word: Concurrent₂
definition:
Concurrent

Con*cur"rent
n.
1.
One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties.
Dr. H. More.

2.
One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.
Holland.

3.
(Chron.)
One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.


word: Concurring
definition:
Concurring

Con*cur"ring
(?)
a.
Agreeing.

Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which corresponds with another in all its parts.


word: Concuss
definition:
Concuss

Con*cuss"
(?)
v. t.
[L. concussus, p. p. of concutere. See Concussion.]
1.
To shake or agitate.
Concussed
Daniel.

2.
(Law)
To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
Wharton.


word: Concussion
definition:
Concussion

Con*cus"sion
(?)
n.
[L. concussio, fr. concutere, concussum, to shake violenty; con- + quatere to shake. See Cashier, Quash.]
1.
A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.

It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
Bacon.

2.
(Med.)
A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.

3.
(Civil Law)
The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.

Then concussion, rapine, pilleries,
Their catalogue of accusations fill.
Daniel.

Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes.


word: Cond
definition:
Cond

Cond
(?)
v. t.
[OE. conduen, condien, F. conduire to conduct, fr. L. conducere. See Conduct, and cf. Con (Naut.), Conn. Cun.]
(Naut.)
To con, as a ship.


word: Condemn
definition:
Condemn

Con*demn"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Condemned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condemning (? or _;).]
[L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See Damn.]
1.
To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it!
Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done.
Shak.

Wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
Job xxxiv. 17.

2.
To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it.
Matt. xii. 42.

3.
To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.

Driven out from bliss, condemned
In this abhorred deep to utter woe.
Milton.

To each his sufferings; all are men,
Condemned alike to groan.
Gray.

And they shall condemn him to death.
Matt. xx. 18.

The thief condemned, in law already dead.
Pope.

No flocks that range the valley free,
To slaughter I condemn.
Goldsmith.

4.
To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.

The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver.
2 Cron. xxxvi. 3.

5.
To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.

6.
(Law)
To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.


word: Condemnation
definition:
Condemnation

Con"dem*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. condemnatio.]
1.
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like.
Paley.

2.
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

A legal and judicial condemnation.
Paley.

Whose condemnation is pronounced.
Shak.

3.
The state of being condemned.

His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation.
W. Irving.

4.
The ground or reason of condemning.

This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil.
John iii. 19.


word: Condemnatory
definition:
Condemnatory

Con*dem"na*to*ry
(?)
a.
Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.


word: Condemned
definition:
Condemned

Con*demned"
(?)
a.
1.
Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.

2.
Used for condemned persons.

Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of Newgate.
Macaulay.


word: Condensable
definition:
Condensable

Con*den"sa*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. condensable.]
Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable.


word: Condensate
definition:
Condensate

Con*den"sate
(?)
a.
[L. condensatus, p. p. of condensare. See Condense, v. t.]
Made dense; condensed.

Water . . . thickened or condensate.
Peacham.


word: Condensate₂
definition:
Condensate

Con*den"sate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Condensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensating.]
To condense.
[R.]
Hammond.


word: Condensation
definition:
Condensation

Con`den*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.]
1.
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation.
Macaulay.

2.
(Physics)
The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.

3.
(Chem.)
A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.

Condensation product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. -- Surface condensation, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water.


word: Condense
definition:
Condense

Con*dense"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Condensed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.]
[L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.]
1.
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
Milton.

The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
Motley.

2.
(Chem. & Physics)
To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.

Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. -- Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.


word: Condense₂
definition:
Condense

Con*dense"
v. i.
1.
To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.

Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit.
H. Spencer.

2.
(Chem.)
(a)
To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
(b)
To undergo polymerization.


word: Condense₃
definition:
Condense

Con*dense"
a.
[L. condensus.]
Condensed; compact; dense.
[R.]

The huge condense bodies of planets.
Bentley.


word: condensed
definition:
condensed

condensed
adj.
1.
(Psychol)
representing two or more ideas or emotions by a single symbol; as, a condensed expression of various feelings and ideas.

2.
shortened by rewriting with fewer words; -- used of texts; as, a condensed book.  Opposite of unabridged.

Syn. -- abridged.

3.
reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, condensed milk.  Opposite of uncondensed.

Syn. -- concentrated[5].

4.
narrower than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type.  Opposite of expanded.


word: Condenser
definition:
Condenser

Con*dens"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, condenses.

2.
(Physic)
(a)
An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape.
(b)
An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.
(c)
A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.

3.
(Chem.)
An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.

4.
(Steam Engine)
An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine.

Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. -- Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. -- Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. -- Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.


word: Condensible
definition:
Condensible

Con*den"si*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.


word: Condescend
definition:
Condescend

Con`de*scend"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Condescended; p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.]
[F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1.
To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.
Condescend
Rom. xii. 16.

Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands?
Milton.

Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
Dryden.

Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority.

Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me.
F. W. Robinson.

2.
To consent.
[Obs.]

All parties willingly condescended heruento.
R. Carew.


word: Condescendency
definition:
Condescendency

Condescendence

{ Con`de*scend"ence (?), Con`de*scend"en*cy (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. condescendance.]
Condescension.
[Obs.]


word: condescending
definition:
condescending

condescending
adj.
exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used of behavior or attitude.

Syn. -- arch, patronizing.


word: Condescension
definition:
Condescension

Con`de*scen"sion
(?)
n.
[L. condescensio.]
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.

It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others.
Tillotson.

Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature.
Addison.


word: Condescent
definition:
Condescent

Con`de*scent"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Condescend, Descent.]
An act of condescension.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Condign
definition:
Condign

Con*dign"
(?)
a.
[F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Digne.]
1.
Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
[Obs.]

Condign and worthy praise.
Udall.

Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign.
Spenser.

2.
Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Condign
Milman.

Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . 
I never gave them condign punishment.
Shak.


word: Condignity
definition:
Condignity

Con*dig"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. condignité.]
(Scholastic Theol.)
Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.

Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings.
Bp. Bull.


word: Condiment
definition:
Condiment

Con"di*ment
(?)
n.
[L. condimentum, fr. condire. See Condite.]
Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment.
Bacon.


word: Condisciple
definition:
Condisciple

Con`dis*ci"ple
(?)
n.
[L. condiscipulus. See Disciple.]
A schoolfellow; a fellow-student.
[R.]


word: Condite
definition:
Condite

Con"dite
(?)
a.
[L. conditus, p. p. of condire to preserve, pickle, season. See Recondite.]
Preserved; pickled.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Condite₂
definition:
Condite

Con*dite"
(?)
v. t.
To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Condition
definition:
Condition

Con*di"tion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]
1.
Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king.
Shak.

And O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?
Cowley.

The new conditions of life.
Darwin.

2.
Essential quality; property; attribute.

It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others.
Bacon.

3.
Temperament; disposition; character.
[Obs.]

The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil.
Shak.

4.
That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning.
Shak.

Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance.
Jer. Taylor.

5.
(Law)
A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.
Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.

Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation. -- On condition or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. “Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.” Shak. -- Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.


word: Condition₂
definition:
Condition

Con*di"tion
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Conditioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.]
1.
To make terms; to stipulate.

Pay me back my credit,
And I'll condition with ye.
Beau. & Fl.

2.
(Metaph.)
To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

To think of a thing is to condition.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Condition₃
definition:
Condition

Con*di"tion
v. t.
[Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n.]
1.
To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

Seas, that daily gain upon the shore,
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march.
Tennyson.

2.
To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children.
Sir W. Raleigh.

3.
(U. S. Colleges)
To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

4.
To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
McElrath.


word: Conditional
definition:
Conditional

Con*di"tion*al
(?)
a.
[L. conditionalis.]
1.
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.

Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
Bp. Warburton.

2.
(Gram. & Logic)
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.

A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
Whately.

The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously.
J. S. Mill.


word: Conditional₂
definition:
Conditional

Con*di"tion*al
n.
1.
A limitation.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
A conditional word, mode, or proposition.

Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
L. H. Atwater.


word: Conditionality
definition:
Conditionality

Con*di`tion*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.


word: Conditionally
definition:
Conditionally

Con*di"tion*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively.
Shak.


word: Conditionate
definition:
Conditionate

Con*di"tion*ate
(?)
a.
[LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t.]
Conditional.
[Obs.]

Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate.
Bp. Hall.


word: Conditionate₂
definition:
Conditionate

Con*di"tion*ate
(?)
v. t.
1.
To qualify by conditions; to regulate.
[Obs.]

2.
To put under conditions; to render conditional.


word: Conditioned
definition:
Conditioned

Con*di"tioned
(?)
a.
1.
Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.

The best conditioned and unwearied spirit.
Shak.

2.
Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.

Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
made softer by washing with a chemical agent called a conditioner{3}.


word: conditioned response
definition:
conditioned response

conditioned response
n.
a behavioral response to a stimulus that has been acquired by experience or conditioning.

Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion.


word: conditioned emotional response
definition:
conditioned emotional response

conditioned emotional response
n.
an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.

Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion.


word: conditioner
definition:
conditioner

conditioner
n.
1.
exercise that conditions the body; as, farmwork can be a good conditioner.

2.
a trainer of athletes.

3.
a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer.


word: conditioning
definition:
conditioning

conditioning
n.
a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment.  See conditioned response.


word: Conditory
definition:
Conditory

Con"di*to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Conditories (#).
[L. conditorium, fr. condere to hide. See Recondite.]
A repository for holding things; a hinding place.


word: condog
definition:
condog

con*dog"
(?; 115)
v. i.
[A punning corruption of concur.]
To concur; to agree.
[Burlesque]

&hand_; This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree; thus. “Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend.”  Cockeram.


word: Condole
definition:
Condole

Con*dole"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Condoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.]
[L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.]
To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.

Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Condole₂
definition:
Condole

Con*dole"
v. t.
To lament or grieve over.
[R.]

I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance.
Milton.


word: Condolement
definition:
Condolement

Con*dole"ment
(?)
n.
1.
Condolence.
condolement
Milton.

2.
Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.
Shak.


word: Condolence
definition:
Condolence

Con*do"lence
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. condoléance.]
Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

Their congratulations and their condolences.
Steele.

A special mission of condolence.
Macaulay.


word: condominium
definition:
condominium

condominium
n.
1.
one of the units in a condominium{2}.

Syn. -- condo.

2.
a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned (as contrasted with rented).


word: Condonation
definition:
Condonation

Con`do*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. condonatio a giving away.]
1.
The act of condoning or pardoning.

2.
(Law)
Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated.
Bouvier. Wharton.


word: Condone
definition:
Condone

Con*done"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Condoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.]
[L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate.]
1.
To pardon; to forgive.

A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.
W. Black.

It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns.
J. C. Shairp.
2.
(Law)
To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.


word: Condor
definition:
Condor

Con"dor
(k&obreve_;n"d&obreve_;r; in defs. 2 & 3, ko̝n"do̝r)
n.
[Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.]
1.
(Zool.)
A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.

2.
(Zool.)
The California vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California condor.
[Local, U. S.]
In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species.  The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States.  By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild.  A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity.  As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild.

3.
A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.

4.
A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.


word: Condorcet
definition:
Condorcet

Condorcet
(k&obreve_;N`dôr*sā")
prop. n.
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, was a celebrated French philosopher and mathematician, Born at Ribemont, near St. Quentin, France, Sept. 17, 1743: died at Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, March 28, 1794. .  His most important work was on probability and the philosophy of mathematics. He was a deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1791, and its president 1792, and a deputy to the Convention in 1792, where he sided with the Girondists. After the fall of the latter he was accused (Oct. 3, 1793) with Brissot, and went into hiding in Paris for eight months to save his life.  He found shelter with a Madame Vernet.  He then left the city, but was arrested at Clamart, near Bourg-la-Reine, and imprisoned.  The next morning he was found dead, probably from poison.  He contributed to the “Encyclopédie,” and wrote “Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain” (1794), and various mathematical works.
    His most important mathematical treatise was “Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority Decisions” (1785), an extremely important work in the development of the theory of probability.  His work in probability led him to a study of voting methods, and laid the groundwork for the various ranked-pairs voting methods, which are often referred to as Condorcet's Method (for which see here.
Robert D. Hilliard + Century Dictionary, 1906


word: Condorcet's method
definition:
Condorcet's method

Condorcet's method
Condorcet's method is one of several pairwise methods, which are great methods for electing people in single-seat elections (president, governor, mayor, etc.).  Condorcet's method is named after the 18th century election theorist who invented it.  Unlike most methods which make you choose the lesser of two evils, Condorcet's method and other pairwise methods let you rank the candidates in the order in which you would see them elected.  The way the votes are tallied is by computing the results of separate pairwise elections between all of the candidates, and the winner is the one that wins a majority in all of the pairwise elections.
    The best result of this is that if there is Candidate A on one extreme who pulls 40% of the vote, Candidate B in the middle who only pulls 20% of the vote, and Candidate C on the other extreme who pulls 40% of the vote, Candidate B will get elected as a compromise. Why? Because in a two-way contest between A and B, B would win with 60% of the vote, and in a two-way contest between B and C, B would also win with 60% of the vote. (Note that if B is a loony billionaire, he might not be able to win separate pairwise elections against anyone, and this would be reflected with Condorcet's method.)
   Condorcet's method lets voters mark their sincere wishes for who they would like to win the election, without having to consider strategy ("I'd vote for Candidate B, but I'm afraid of wasting my vote."). It's really just a logical extension of majority rule when more than two choices are involved. Other pairwise methods, such as Copeland's method and Smith's method, have other desirable characteristics. The best of the pairwise methods is something that is quite debatable.
Wait, I've heard of this before...
     You may have. However, there are many methods other methods similar to this one (though in my opinion, inferior), so don't be so sure. In order to be fair, here are a couple of those other methods:
    * Majority preference voting (MPV) -- related to PV. Like PV, the voter simply ranks candidates in an order of preference (e. 1. Perot 2. Clinton 3. Bush). The candidate with the least number of first place votes is eliminated, and their votes are "transferred" to their 2nd choice until a candidate has a majority. It is frequently advocated and is better than our current system, but still has some nasty properties (like possibly knocking compromise candidates out of the running early). MPV is actually in use in Australia, among other places. Also known as Hare's Method.
    * Approval -- Voters are allowed to vote for all candidates they approve. For example, Bush-Yes Perot-No Clinton-Yes. The candidate with the highest number of "yes" votes wins. For a more complete explanation, see here.
Rob Lanphier (from http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/politics/condorcet.html).


word: Condottiere
definition:
Condottiere

Con`dot*tie"re
(?)
n.
pl. Condottieri (#).
[It., captain.]
A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.


word: Conduce
definition:
Conduce

Con*duce"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Conduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.]
[L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n., Cond.]
To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
Macaulay.

The reasons you allege do more conduce
To the hot passion of distemper'd blood.
Shak.


word: Conduce₂
definition:
Conduce

Con*duce"
v. t.
To conduct; to lead; to guide.
[Obs.]

He was sent to conduce hither the princess.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Conducent
definition:
Conducent

Con*du"cent
(?)
a.
[L. conducens, p. pr.]
Conducive; tending.

Conducent to the good success of this business.
Abp. Laud.


word: Conducibility
definition:
Conducibility

Con*du"ci*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.
Bp. Wilkins.


word: Conducible
definition:
Conducible

Con*du"ci*ble
(k&obreve_;n*dū"sĭ*b'l)
a.
[L. conducibilis.]
Conducive; tending; contributing.
Bacon.

All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them.
Bentley.


word: Conducive
definition:
Conducive

Con*du"cive
(k&obreve_;n*dū"sĭv)
a.
Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

However conducive to the good or our country.
Addison.


word: Conduct
definition:
Conduct

Con"duct
(k&obreve_;n"dŭkt)
n.
[LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit.]
1.
The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.
Paley.

The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs.
Ld. Brougham.

2.
Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
Waller.

Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.
Robertson.

3.
Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
[Archaic]

I will be your conduct.
B. Jonson.

In my conduct shall your ladies come.
Shak.

4.
That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
[Obs.]

Although thou hast been conduct of my shame.
Shak.

5.
The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
Macaulay.

What in the conduct of our life appears
So well designed, so luckily begun,
But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
Dryden.

6.
Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

The book of Job, in conduct and diction.
Macaulay.

Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.


word: Conduct₂
definition:
Conduct

Con*duct"
(k&obreve_;n*dŭkt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.]
[See Conduct, n.]
1.
To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

I can conduct you, lady, to a low
But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
Milton.

2.
To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
Prescott.

3.
To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

4.
(Physics)
To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

5.
(Mus.)
To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.


word: Conduct₃
definition:
Conduct

Con*duct"
v. i.
1.
To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

2.
To conduct one's self; to behave.
[U. S.]


word: Conductance
definition:
Conductance

Con*duct"ance
(k&obreve_;n*dŭk"tans)
n.
[Conduct, v. + -ance.]
(Elec.)
Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.
Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of any specified material without direct reference to its shape or other factors.
Sloane's Elec. Dict.


word: Conductibility
definition:
Conductibility

Con*duct`i*bil"i*ty
(k&obreve_;n*dŭk`tĭ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. conductibilité.]
1.
Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.

2.
Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.


word: Conduction
definition:
Conduction

Con*duc"tion
(k&obreve_;n*dŭk"shŭn)
n.
[L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.]
1.
The act of leading or guiding.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
The act of training up.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

3.
(Physics)
Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

[The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction.
Amer. Cyc.


word: Conductive
definition:
Conductive

Con*duct"ive
(-dŭk"tĭv)
a.
Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.

The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive.
Goodale (Gray's Bot. ).


word: Conductivity
definition:
Conductivity

Con`duc*tiv"i*ty
(k&obreve_;n`dŭk*tĭv"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of a plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. -- Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise a unit volume of the substance one degree.


word: Conductor
definition:
Conductor

Con*duct"or
(k&obreve_;n*dŭk"tẽr)
n.
[LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]
1.
One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
Dryden.

2.
One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.
[U. S.]

3.
(Mus.)
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

4.
(Physics)
A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

5.
(Surg.)
A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

6.
(Arch.)
Same as Leader.

Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.


word: Conduit
definition:
Conduit

Con"duit
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.]
1.
A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

All the conduits of my blood froze up.
Shak.

This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk.
Burke.

2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A structure forming a reservoir for water.
Oxf. Gloss.


word: Conduit railway
definition:
Conduit railway

Conduit system

Con"duit sys"tem
(Elec.)
A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is “picked up” by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive.  Hence Conduit railway.


word: Conduplicate
definition:
Conduplicate

Con*du"pli*cate
(?)
a.
[L. conduplicatus, p. p. of conduplicare. See Duplicate.]
(Bot.)
Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or æstivation.


word: Conduplication
definition:
Conduplication

Con*du`pli*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conduplicatio.]
A doubling together or folding; a duplication.
[R.]


word: Condurrite
definition:
Condurrite

Con*dur"rite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.


word: Condylar
definition:
Condylar

Con"dy*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a condyle.

Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.


word: Condyle
definition:
Condyle

Con"dyle
(? or ?)
n.
[L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr. ko`ndylos: cf. F. condyle.]
(Anat.)
A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.


word: Condyloid
definition:
Condyloid

Con"dy*loid
(?)
a.
[Condyle + -oid: cf. F. condyloïde.]
(Anat.)
Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.


word: Condylome
definition:
Condylome

Condyloma

{ &VerbarCon`dy*lo"ma (-l&omacr"mȧ), &VerbarCon"dy*lome (-l&omacrm) }
n.
pl. Condylomata (#) or (#), E. Condylomes (-l&omacrmz).
[NL. condyloma, fr. Gr. _;, from ko`ndylos knuckle. See -oma.]
(Med.)
A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.

&hand_; There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin.


word: Cone
definition:
Cone

Cone
(k&omacrn?)
n.
[L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. kw^nos; akin to Skr. çana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See Hone, n.]
1.
(Geom.)
A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.

2.
Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriæ around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.

Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone
Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault.
Milton.

3.
(Bot.)
The fruit or strobile of the Coniferæ, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.

4.
(Zool.)
A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.

Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. -- Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary. -- Oblique cone or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. -- Eight cone. See Cone, 1.


word: Cone₂
definition:
Cone

Cone
(k&omacrn)
v. t.
To render cone-shaped; to bevfl like whe circwlar segoent of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.


word: Coneflower
definition:
Coneflower

Cone"flow`er
(?)
n.
1.
Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone-shaped disk of the flower head. They are cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones.  Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

2.
any of various perennials of eastern US having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center.


word: Cone-in-cone
definition:
Cone-in-cone

Cone"-in-cone"
(?)
a.
(Geol.)
Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.


word: cone-nose
definition:
cone-nose

conenose

cone"nose, cone"-nose`
n.
A large bloodsucking hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

Syn. -- cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, big bedbug, kissing bug.


word: Conepatl
definition:
Conepatl

Conepate

{ Co"ne*pate (k&omacr"ne̝*pāt), Co"ne*patl (-păt'l) }
n.
[Mexican conepatl and epatl.]
(Zool.)
The skunk.


word: Cone pulley
definition:
Cone pulley

Cone" pul"ley
(?)
A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.


word: conessi
definition:
conessi

conessi
n.
a tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena pubescens or Holarrhena antidysenterica) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.

Syn. -- ivory tree, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica.


word: Conestoga wain
definition:
Conestoga wain

Conestoga wagon

{ Con`es*to"ga wag`on or Con`es*to"ga wain (?) }
[From Conestoga, Pennsylvania.]
A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.


word: Confabulate
definition:
Confabulate

Con*fab"u*late
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confabulating.]
[L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.]
To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau
If birds confabulate or no.
Cowper.


word: Confabulation
definition:
Confabulation

Con*fab`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. confabulatio.]
Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter.
Burton.


word: Confabulatory
definition:
Confabulatory

Con*fab"u*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.
Weever.


word: Confalon
definition:
Confalon

Con"fa*lon
(?)
n.
[F. See Confalon.]
(R. C. Ch.)
One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.


word: Confarreation
definition:
Confarreation

Con*far`re*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. confarreatio, fr. confarreare to marry; con- + farreum (sc. libum cake) a spelt cake, fr. farreus made of spelt, fr. far a sort of grain.]
(Antiq.)
A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.


word: Confect
definition:
Confect

Con*fect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. & vb. n. Confecting.]
[L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit.]
1.
To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.
[Obs.]

Saffron confected in Cilicia.
W. Browne.

2.
To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.
[Obs.]

Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers.
Sir T. Herbert.

[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
Stirling.


word: Confect₂
definition:
Confect

Con"fect
(?)
n.
A comfit; a confection.
[Obs.]

At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects.
Harvey.


word: Confection
definition:
Confection

Con*fec"tion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. confectio.]
1.
A composition of different materials.
[Obs.]

A new confection of mold.
Bacon.

2.
A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.

Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
Bacon.

3.
A composition of drugs.
Shak.

4.
(Med.)
A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

&hand_; The pharmacopœias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.


word: Confectionary
definition:
Confectionary

Con*fec"tion*a*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.]
A confectioner.
[Obs.]

He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks.
1 Sam. viii. 13.


word: Confectionary₂
definition:
Confectionary

Con*fec"tion*a*ry
a.
Prepared as a confection.

The biscuit or confectionary plum.
Cowper.


word: Confectioner
definition:
Confectioner

Con*fec"tion*er
(?)
n.
1.
A compounder.
[Obs.]

Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents.
Haywood.

2.
One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.


word: Confectioners' sugar
definition:
Confectioners' sugar

Con*fec"tion*ers' sug`ar
A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses.


word: Confectionery
definition:
Confectionery

Con*fec"tion*er*y
(?)
n.
1.
Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

2.
A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.


word: Confeder
definition:
Confeder

Con*fed"er
(k&obreve_;n*fĕd"ẽr)
v. i.
[Cf. F. confédérer. See Confederate.]
To confederate.
[Obs.]
Sir T. North.


word: Confederacy
definition:
Confederacy

Con*fed"er*a*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Confederacies (#).
[From Confederate, a.]
1.
A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure.
Addison.

He hath heard of our confederacy.
Shak.

Virginia promoted a confederacy.
Bancroft.

2.
The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.

The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed.
Harris.

Virgil has a whole confederacy against him.
Dryden.

3.
(Law)
A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.


word: Confederate
definition:
Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate
(?)
a.
[L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.]
1.
United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

All the swords
In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace.
Shak.

2.
(Amer. Hist.)
Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.


word: Confederate₂
definition:
Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate
n.
1.
One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.

He found some of his confederates in gaol.
Macaulay.

2.
(Amer. Hist.)
A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).


word: Confederate₃
definition:
Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confederated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating (?).]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.

With these the Piercies them confederate.
Daniel.


word: Confederate₄
definition:
Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate
v. i.
To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.

By words men . . . covenant and confederate.
South.


word: Confederation
definition:
Confederation

Con*fed`er*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. confoederatio: cf. F. confédération.]
1.
The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves.
Bacon.

This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England.
Palfrey.

2.
The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.

Articles of confederation. See under Article.


word: Confer
definition:
Confer

Con*fer"
(k&obreve_;n*fẽr")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conferred (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Conferring.]
[L. conferre to bring together, contribute, consult; con- + ferre to bear: cf. F. conférer. See 1st Bear.]
1.
To bring together for comparison; to compare.
[Obs.]

If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion.
Boyle.

2.
To grant as a possession; to bestow.

The public marks of honor and reward
Conferred upon me.
Milton.

3.
To contribute; to conduce.
[Obs.]

The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.
Glanvill.


word: Confer₂
definition:
Confer

Con*fer"
v. i.
To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.

Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered.
Acts xxv. 12.

You shall hear us confer of this.
Shak.


word: Conferee
definition:
Conferee

Con`fer*ee"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Referee.]
1.
One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

2.
One upon whom something is conferred.


word: Conference
definition:
Conference

Con"fer*ence
(?)
n.
[F. conférence. See Confer.]
1.
The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
[Obs.]

Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford.
Hocker.

2.
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.

Nor with such free and friendly conference
As he hath used of old.
Shak.

3.
A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.

4.
A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

5.
(Methodist Church)
A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.

6.
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] -- Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]


word: conferment
definition:
conferment

conferment
n.
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.  Same as conferral.

Syn. -- bestowal, conferral.


word: conferral
definition:
conferral

conferral
n.
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.

Syn. -- bestowal, conferment.


word: Conferrer
definition:
Conferrer

Con*fer"rer
(k&obreve_;n*fẽr"rẽr)
n.
1.
One who confers; one who converses.
Johnson.

2.
One who bestows; a giver.


word: Conferruminated
definition:
Conferruminated

Conferruminate

{ Con`fer*ru"mi*nate (?), Con`fer*ru"mi*na`ted (?) }
a.
[L. conferruminare to cement. See Ferruminate.]
(Bot.)
Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.


word: Conferva
definition:
Conferva

Con*fer"va
(?)
n.
pl. Confervæ (#).
[L., a kind of water plant. See Comfrey.]
(Bot.)
Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.


word: Confervous
definition:
Confervous

Con*fer"vous
(?)
a.
Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae.

Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum.
O. W. Holmes.


word: Confess
definition:
Confess

Con*fess"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confessing.]
[F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con- + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d Ban, Fame.]
1.
To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.

And there confess
Humbly our faults, and pardon beg.
Milton.

I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned.
Addison.

2.
To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven.
Matt. x. 32.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
Acts xxiii. 8.

3.
To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.

I never gave it him. Send for him hither,
And let him confess a truth.
Shak.

As I confess it needs must be.
Tennyson.

As an actor confessed without rival to shine.
Goldsmith.

4.
(Eccl.)
(a)
To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father.
Addison.
He . . . heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed.
Ld. Berners.

5.
To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.

Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold.
Pope.


word: Confess₂
definition:
Confess

Con*fess"
v. i.
1.
To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.

Every tongue shall confess to God.
Rom. xiv. 11.

2.
To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

But since
(And I confess with right) you think me bound.
Tennyson.


word: Confession
definition:
Confession

Con*fes"sion
(?)
n.
[F. confession, L. confessio.]
1.
Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

With a crafty madness keeps aloof,
When we would bring him on to some confession
Of his true state.
Shak.

2.
Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

With the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom. x. 10.

3.
(Eccl.)
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution.
Hallam.

4.
A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

5.
(Law)
An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted.
Wharton.

Confession and avoidance (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. Mozley & W.

Confession of faith, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. -- General confession, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. -- Westminster Confession. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.


word: Confessional
definition:
Confessional

Con*fes"sion*al
(?)
n.
[F. confessional.]
The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.


word: Confessional₂
definition:
Confessional

Con*fes"sion*al
a.
Pertaining to a confession of faith.

Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.


word: Confessionalism
definition:
Confessionalism

Con*fes"sion*al*ism
(?)
n.
(Eccl.)
An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith.
Shaff.


word: Confessionalist
definition:
Confessionalist

Con*fes"sion*al*ist
n.
A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession.
[R.]
Boucher


word: Confessionary₂
definition:
Confessionary

Con*fes"sion*a*ry
a.
Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.


word: Confessionist
definition:
Confessionist

Con*fes"sion*ist
n.
[Cf. F. confessioniste.]
One professing a certain faith.
Bp. Montagu.


word: Confessor
definition:
Confessor

Con*fess"or
(?; 277)
n.
[OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.]
1.
One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.

He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor.
Latham.

Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors.
Bacon.

2.
A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.


word: Confessorship
definition:
Confessorship

Con*fess"or*ship
n.
The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

Our duty to contend even to confessorship.
J. H. Newman.


word: Confetti
definition:
Confetti

Con*fet"ti
(?)
n. pl.
sing. -fetto (_;)
[It. Cf. Comfit.]
1.
Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections.
[archaic]

2.
[originally, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons (confetti{1}).]
small bits or streamers of brightly colored paper, thrown in celebration by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.


word: Confidante
definition:
Confidante

Confidant

{ Con`fi*dant" (?); 277), n. masc., Con`fi*dante" (?; 277), n. fem. }
[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident.]
One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.

You love me for no other end
Than to become my confidant and friend;
As such I keep no secret from your sight.
Dryden.


word: Confide
definition:
Confide

Con*fide"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Confided; p. pr. & vb. n. Confiding.]
[L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.]
To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.

By thy command I rise or fall,
In thy protection I confide.
Byron.

Judge before friendships, then confide till death.
Young.


word: Confide₂
definition:
Confide

Con*fide"
v. t.
To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.

Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States.
Story.


word: Confidence
definition:
Confidence

Con"fi*dence
(?)
n.
[L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.]
1.
The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity.
South.

A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God.
Macaulay.

2.
That in which faith is put or reliance had.

The Lord shall be thy confidence.
Prov. iii. 26.

3.
The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed.

Your wisdom is consumed in confidence;
Do not go forth to-day.
Shak.

But confidence then bore thee on secure
Either to meet no danger, or to find
Matter of glorious trial.
Milton.

4.
Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

Sir, I desire some confidence with you.
Shak.

Confidence game, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler; several swindlers often work together to create the illusion of truth; -- also called con game. -- Confidence man, a swindler. -- To take into one's confidence, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs.
I am confident that very much be done.
Boyle.

2.
Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

Be confident to speak, Northumberland;
We three are but thyself.
Shak.

3.
Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

As confident as is the falcon's flight
Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight.
Shak.

4.
Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

The fool rageth and is confident.
Prov. xiv. 16.

5.
Giving occasion for confidence.
[R.]

The cause was more confident than the event was prosperous.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Confidential
definition:
Confidential

Con`fi*den"tial
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. confidentiel.]
1.
Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

2.
Communicated in confidence; secret.
Confidential
Burke.

Confidential communication (Law) See Privileged communication, under Privileged. -- Confidential creditors, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. -- Confidential debts, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. McElrath.


word: confidentiality
definition:
confidentiality

confidentiality
n.
the state or attribute of being secret; privacy; as, you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications.

2.
discretion in keeping secret information.


word: Confiding
definition:
Confiding

Con*fid"ing
a.
That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.
Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. -- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.


word: Configurate
definition:
Configurate

Con*fig"ur*ate
(?)
v. i.
[L. configuratus, p. p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure.]
To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.

Known by the name of uniformity;
Where pyramids to pyramids relate
And the whole fabric doth configurate.
Jordan.


word: Configuration
definition:
Configuration

Con*fig`u*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. configuratio.]
1.
Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.

It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels.
Harris.

2.
(Astrol.)
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth.
Whewell.


word: configurationism
definition:
configurationism

configurationism
n.
(Psychol.)
an approach to psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties.

Syn. -- Gestalt psychology.


word: Configure
definition:
Configure

Con*fig"ure
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Configured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Configuring.]
[L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See Configurate.]
To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
Bentley.


word: Confinable
definition:
Confinable

Con*fin"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.

Not confinable to any limits.
Bp. Hall.


word: Confine
definition:
Confine

Con*fine"
(k&obreve_;n*fīn")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.]
[F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.]
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

Now let not nature's hand
Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!
Shak.

He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
Dryden.

To be confined, to be in childbed.


word: Confine₂
definition:
Confine

Con"fine
(? or _;); 277)
v. i.
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.
[Obs.]

Where your gloomy bounds
Confine with heaven.
Milton.

Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place.
Confining on all three.
Dryden.


word: Confine₃
definition:
Confine

Con"fine
(?)
n.
1.
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea.
Locke.

And now in little space
The confines met of empyrean heaven,
And of this world.
Milton.

On the confines of the city and the Temple.
Macaulay.

2.
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
[Obs.]

Confines, wards, and dungeons.
Shak.

The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine.
Shak.


word: confined
definition:
confined

confined
adj.
1.
having movement restricted to within a certain area; -- usually a building.  Opposite of unconfined.
[Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining; homebound, housebound, shut-in; in childbed(prenominal); pent, shut up(predicate); snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound, storm-bound]

2.
deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint.

3.
having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area; -- of animals.

Syn. -- fenced in, penned.

4.
(Med.)
not invading healthy tissue.

5.
held prisoner.

Syn. -- captive, imprisoned, jailed.

6.
having movement or progress restricted to a certain area; as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.


word: Confinement
definition:
Confinement

Con*fine"ment
(?)
n.
1.
Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up.
Addison.

2.
Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.


word: Confiner₂
definition:
Confiner

Con"fi`ner
(? or _;)
n.
One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Happy confiners you of other lands,
That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands.
Daniel.


word: Confirm
definition:
Confirm

Con*firm"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confrmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confirming.]
[OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See Firm.]
1.
To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs.
Shak.

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law.
Ps. cv. 10.

2.
To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Confirmed, then, I resolve
Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Milton.

3.
To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale.
Pope.

These likelihoods confirm her flight.
Shak.

4.
To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed.
Swift.

5.
(Eccl.)
To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament.
Hammond.


word: Confirmation
definition:
Confirmation

Con`fir*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[F. confirmation, L. confirmatio.]
1.
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

Their blood is shed
In confirmation of the noblest claim.
Cowper.

2.
That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Shak.

3.
(Eccl.)
A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them.
Hook.

4.
(Law)
A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.


word: Confirmative
definition:
Confirmative

Con*firm"a*tive
(?)
a.
[L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.]
Tending to confirm or establish.
Sherwood.


word: Confirmator
definition:
Confirmator

Con"fir*ma`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Confirmatory
definition:
Confirmatory

Con*firm"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
Serving to confirm; corroborative.

A fact confirmatory of the conclusion.
I. Taylor.

2.
Pertaining to the rite of confirmation.
Compton.


word: Confirmee
definition:
Confirmee

Con`fir*mee"
(?)
n.
[F. confirmé, p. p. of confirmer.]
(Law)
One to whom anything is confirmed.


word: Confirmer
definition:
Confirmer

Con*firm"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates.
Shak.


word: Confiscable
definition:
Confiscable

Con*fis"ca*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. confiscable.]
Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.


word: Confiscate
definition:
Confiscate

Con"fis*cate
(? or _;)
a.
[L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]
Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.
Shak.


word: Confiscate₂
definition:
Confiscate

Con"fis*cate
(? or _;; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confiscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confiscating.]
To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized.
Bacon.


word: confiscated
definition:
confiscated

confiscated
adj.
taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if by a public authority; as, the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain; teh customs agents confiscated the banned fruits.

Syn. -- appropriated, confiscate, seized, taken over.


word: Confiscation
definition:
Confiscation

Con`fis*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. confiscatio.]
The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

The confiscations following a subdued rebellion.
Hallam.


word: Confiscatory
definition:
Confiscatory

Con*fis"ca*to*ry
(?)
a.
Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations.
Confiscatory
Burke.


word: Confiteor
definition:
Confiteor

Con*fit"e*or
(?)
n.
[L., I confess. See Confess.]
(R.C.Ch.)
A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.


word: Confiture
definition:
Confiture

Con"fi*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[F. See Confiture.]
Composition; preparation, as of a drug, or confection; a sweetmeat.
[Obs.]
Confitures
Bacon.


word: Confix
definition:
Confix

Con*fix"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing.]
[L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together.]
To fix; to fasten.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Conflagrant
definition:
Conflagrant

Con*fla"grant
(?)
a.
[L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant.]
Burning together in a common flame.
[R.]
conflagrant
Milton.


word: Conflagration
definition:
Conflagration

Con`fla*gra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration.]
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

Till one wide conflagration swallows all.
Pope.


word: Conflate
definition:
Conflate

Con*flate"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflating.]
[L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to blow together; con- + flare to blow.]
1.
To blow together; to bring together; to collect;  to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation.
Carlyle.

2.
to ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse.


word: Conflation
definition:
Conflation

Con*fla"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conflatio.]
1.
A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
[R.]
Bacon.

2.
a fusing together; merger of two or more things or ideas into one.


word: Conflict
definition:
Conflict

Con"flict
(?)
n.
[L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See Conflict, v.]
1.
A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

2.
A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict.
Macaulay.

An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.
W. H. Seward.

Conflict of laws, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with Private international law.


word: Conflict₂
definition:
Conflict

Con*flict"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Conflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflicting.]
[L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf. Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
1.
To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
Shak.

Fire and water conflicting together.
Bacon.

2.
To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward.
Abp. Tillotson.

3.
To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other.
Wheaton.


word: Conflicting
definition:
Conflicting

Con*flict"ing
a.
1.
Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing; marked by discord.

Syn. -- antagonistic, at odds(predicate), clashing.

Torn with sundry conflicting passions.
Bp. Hurd.

2.
in disagreement; -- of facts or theories.

Syn. -- at odds(predicate), contradictory, self-contradictory.


word: Confluence
definition:
Confluence

Con"flu*ence
(?)
n.
[L. confluentia.]
1.
The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.
Bancroft.

2.
Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors.
Shak.

The confluence . . . of all true joys.
Boyle.


word: Confluent
definition:
Confluent

Con"flu*ent
(?)
a.
[L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow.  See Fluent.]
1.
Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another; flowing together to form a single stream.

Syn. -- merging(prenominal).

These confluent steams make some great river's head.
Blackmore.

2.
(Bot.)
Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.

3.
(Med.)
(a)
Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
(b)
Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.
Dunglison.


word: Confluent₂
definition:
Confluent

Con"flu*ent
n.
1.
A small steam which flows into a large one.

2.
The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Conflux
definition:
Conflux

Con"flux
(?)
n.
[From L. confluxus, p. p. See Confluent.]
1.
A flowing together; a meeting of currents.
conflux
Shak.

The general conflux and concourse of the whole people.
Clarendon.

2.
A large assemblage; a passing multitude.

To the gates cast round thine eye, and see
What conflux issuing forth, or entering in.
Milton.


word: Conform
definition:
Conform

Con*form"
(?)
a.
[L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.]
Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.
Bacon.

Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith.
Bp.Hall.


word: Conform₂
definition:
Conform

Con*form"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conformed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conforming.]
[F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See Form.]
To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto.

Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church.
Hooker.


word: Conform₃
definition:
Conform

Con*form"
v. i.
1.
To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with.

A rule to which experience must conform.
Whewell.

2.
(Eng. Eccl. Hist.)
To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.

About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day.
Macaulay.


word: Conformability
definition:
Conformability

Con*form`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being conformable.

2.
(Geol.)
The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact.


word: Conformable
definition:
Conformable

Con*form"a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to.

The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character.
Addison.

I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable
Shakespeare
Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy.
Whewell.

To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; quick to comply; submissive; compliant.

I have been to you a true and humble wife,
At all times to your will conformable.
Shak.

3.
(Geol.)
Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact.


word: Conformably
definition:
Conformably

Con*form"a*bly
adv.
With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

Conformably to the law and nature of God.
Bp. Beveridge.


word: Conformation
definition:
Conformation

Con`for*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation.]
1.
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality.
I. Watts.

2.
The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.

In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences.
Lowth.

A structure and conformation of the earth.
Woodward.


word: Conformator
definition:
Conformator

Con"for*ma`tor
(?)
n.
[L., a framer.]
An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largest horizontal area of the head.


word: Conformer
definition:
Conformer

Con*form"er
(?)
n.
One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.


word: conforming
definition:
conforming

conforming
adj.
1.
adhering to established customs or doctrines, especially in religion, as e.g. Orthodox Judaism.
orthodox (vs. unorthodox)

Syn. -- conformist.


word: conformist
definition:
conformist

conformist
adj.
1.
marked by conformity or convention; not corresponding to current customs or rules or styles; as, underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist.  Opposite of nonconformist.

2.
same as conforming.
[Narrower terms: orthodox (vs. unorthodox)]

Syn. -- conforming.


word: Conformist
definition:
Conformist

Con*form"ist
n.
One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.

A cheeful conformist to your judgment.
Jer.Taylor.


word: Conformity
definition:
Conformity

Con*form"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Conformities (#)
[Cf. F. conformité.]
1.
Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

By our conformity to God.
Tillotson.

The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God.
Dr. H.More.

A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste.
Addison.

2.
(Eng. Eccl. Hist.)
Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity.
Hallam.


word: Confortation
definition:
Confortation

Con`for*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf. Comfort.]
The act of strengthening.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Confound
definition:
Confound

Con*found"
(k&obreve_;n*found")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.]
[F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.]
1.
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute.
Locke.

Let us go down, and there confound their language.
Gen. xi. 7.

2.
To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies.
Macaulay.

3.
To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

The gods confound...
The Athenians both within and out that wall.
Shak.

They trusted in thee and were not confounded.
Ps. xxii. 5.

So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say.
Milton.

4.
To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
[Obs.]

One man's lust these many lives confounds.
Shak.

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?
Shak.


word: Confounded
definition:
Confounded

Con*found"ed
a.
1.
Confused; perplexed; unclear in mind or intent; bewildered.

Syn. -- at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, mazed, mixed-up.

A cloudy and confounded philosopher.
Cudworth.

2.
Excessive; extreme; abominable.
[Colloq.]

He was a most confounded tory.
Swift.

The tongue of that confounded woman.
Sir. W. Scott.


word: Confoundedly
definition:
Confoundedly

Con*found"ed*ly
adv.
Extremely; odiously; detestably.
[Colloq.]
Confoundedly
Goldsmith.


word: Confoundedness
definition:
Confoundedness

Con*found"ed*ness
n.
The state of being confounded.

Their witty descant of my confoundedness.
Milton.


word: confounding₂
definition:
confounding

confounding
n.
a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.

Syn. -- confusion, mix-up.


word: Confract
definition:
Confract

Con"fract`
(?)
a.
[L. confractus, p. p. of confringere.]
Broken in pieces; severed.
[Obs.]


word: Confragose
definition:
Confragose

Con`fra*gose"
(?)
a.
[L. confragosus; con- + fragosus, fr. frangere. See Fragile.]
Broken; uneven.
[Obs.]
Confragose
Evelyn.


word: Confraternity
definition:
Confraternity

Con`fra*ter"ni*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Confraternities (#)
[LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternité. See Fraternity.]
A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

These live in one society and confraternity.
Stow.


word: Confrication
definition:
Confrication

Con`fri*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. confricatio, fr. confricare to rub vigorously.]
A rubbing together; friction.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Confront
definition:
Confront

Con*front"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confronting.]
[F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.]
1.
To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

We four, indeed, confronted were with four
In Russian habit.
Shak.

He spoke and then confronts the bull.
Dryden.

Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression.
Hawthorne.

It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England.
Macaulay.

2.
To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

3.
To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands.
Addison.


word: Confucian
definition:
Confucian

Con*fu"cian
(?)
a.
Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher, or to Confucianism; as, Confucian ethics.
n. A Confucianist.


word: Confucianism
definition:
Confucianism

Con*fu"cian*ism
(?)
n.
The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god.
S. W. Williams.


word: Confucius
definition:
Confucius

Confucius
n.
a Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC), the founder of Confucianism.

Syn. -- Kung futzu, Kung futze, Kung tzu, K'ung fu-tze.


word: Confuse
definition:
Confuse

Con*fuse"
(?)
a.
[F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.]
Mixed; confounded.
[Obs.]
Baret.


word: Confuse₂
definition:
Confuse

Con*fuse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing.]
1.
To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

A universal hubbub wild
Of stunning sounds and voices all confused.
Milton.

2.
To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse
A life that leads melodious days.
Tennyson.

Confused and sadly she at length replied.
Pope.


word: confused
definition:
confused

confused
adj.
1.
same as confounded; as, bewildered and confused.

Syn. -- at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, mazed, mixed-up.

2.
lacking orderly continuity.

Syn. -- disconnected, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected.

3.
thrown into disorder; as, His workbench held a confused assortment of spare engine parts..

Syn. -- disordered, in disarray, upset.

4.
having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.

Syn. -- disoriented, lost.

5.
not marked by fine distinctions.
discriminate

Syn. -- indiscriminate.

6.
causing bafflement and confusion.

Syn. -- bewildering, confusing.


word: confusing
definition:
confusing

confusing
adj.
1.
causing mental confusion and perplexity.

Syn. -- perplexing, stupefying.

2.
causing bafflement and confusion; as, he sent confusing signals to Iraq.

Syn. -- bewildering, confused.


word: Confusion
definition:
Confusion

Con*fu"sion
(?)
n.
[F. confusion, L. confusio.]
1.
The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable.
Whewell.

Moody beggars starving for a time
Of pellmell havoc and confusion.
Shak.

2.
The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusion dwelt in every face
And fear in every heart.
Spectator.

3.
Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners wait.
Gray.

4.
One who confuses; a confounder.
[Obs.]
Chapmen.

Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.


word: Confutable
definition:
Confutable

Con*fut"a*ble
(?)
a.
That may be confuted.

A conceit . . . confutable by daily experience.
Sir T.Browne.


word: Confutant
definition:
Confutant

Con*fut"ant
(?)
n.
[L. confutans, p. pr. of confutare.]
One who undertakes to confute.
Milton.


word: Confutation
definition:
Confutation

Con`fu*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. confutatio: cf. F. confutation.]
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
confutation
Bp. Horne.


word: Confute
definition:
Confute

Con*fute
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confuting.]
[L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See Fuse to melt.]
To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced
Of his weak arguing fallacious drift.
Milton.

No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error.
Chillingworth.

I confute a good profession with a bad conversation.
Fuller.


word: confuting
definition:
confuting

confuting
n.
the act of demonstrating that something is false; confutation.

Syn. -- falsification, falsifying, disproving, refuting.


word: conga
definition:
conga

conga
n.
1.
music composed for dancing the conga.

2.
a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file.


word: conga line
definition:
conga line

conga line
n.
1.
a line of persons dancing the conga{2}.

2.
a line of persons similar to a conga line{1}.  Sometimes used figuratively or humorously.


word: Conge
definition:
Conge

Con`gé"
(kôN`zha̝"; E. k&obreve_;n"jē; 277)
n.
[F., leave, permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare to go. Cf. Permeate.]
[Formerly written congie.]
1.
The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her congé?
Thackeray.

2.
The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.

The captain salutes you with congé profound.
Swift.

3.
(Arch.)
An apophyge.
Gwilt.

&VerbarCongé d'élire (_;) [F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.


word: Conge₂
definition:
Conge

Con"ge
(k&obreve_;n"jē)
v. i.
[Imp. & p. p. Congeed (k&obreve_;n"jēd); p. pr. & vb. n. Congeing.]
[OF. congier, congeer, F. congédier, fr. congé. See Congé, n.]
To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow ceremoniously, or courtesy.

I have congeed with the duke, done my adieu with his  nearest.
Shak.


word: Congeal
definition:
Congeal

Con*geal"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Congealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing.]
[F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See Gelid.]
1.
To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

Syn. -- jell, set.

A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed.
Thomson.

2.
To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

As if with horror to congeal his blood.
Stirling.


word: Congeal₂
definition:
Congeal

Con*geal"
v. i.
To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

Syn. -- jell, set.

Lest zeal, now melted . . .
Cool and congeal again to what it was.
Shak.


word: Congealable
definition:
Congealable

Con*geal"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. congelable.]
Capable of being congealed.
Con*geal"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Congealment
definition:
Congealment

Con*geal"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

2.
That which is formed by congelation; a clot.
[Obs.]

Wash the congealment from your wounds.
Shak.


word: Congee
definition:
Congee

Con"gee
(?)
n. & v.
See Congé, Conge.
[Obs.]

And unto her his congee came to take.
Spenser.


word: Congee₂
definition:
Congee

Con*gee"
(?)
n.
1.
[Tamil ka&ncirc_;shi boilings.]
Boiled rice; rice gruel.
[India]

2.
A jail; a lockup.
[India]

Congee discharges, rice water discharges. Dunglison. -- Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled.


word: Congelation
definition:
Congelation

Con`ge*la"tion
(?)
n.
[F. congélation, L. congelatio.]
1.
The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid.
Arbuthnot.

2.
The state of being congealed.

3.
That which is congealed.

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors.
Taller.


word: Congener
definition:
Congener

Con"ge*ner
(?; 277)
n.
[From L. congener. See Congenerous.]
A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

The cherry tree has been often grafted on the laurel, to which it is a congener.
P. Miller.

Our elk is more polygamous in his habits than any other deer except his congener, the red deer of Europe.
Caton.


word: Congenerical
definition:
Congenerical

Congeneric

{ Con`ge*ner"ic (?), Con`ge*ner"ic*al (?) }
a.
Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action; of or pertaining to a congener.
R. Owen.


word: Congenerous
definition:
Congenerous

Con*gen"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. congener; con- + genus, generis, birth, kind, race. See Genus, and cf. Congener.]
Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Congenial
definition:
Congenial

Con*gen"ial
(_;; 106)
a.
[Pref. con- + genial.]
1.
Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins.
Pope.

two congenial spirits united . . . by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues
T. L. Peacock
2.
Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition; as, a congenial atmosphere to work in.
Congenial
C. J. Fox.

To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is its congenial work.
I. Taylor.

3.
(Bot.)
capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted; -- used of plants.


word: Congeniality
definition:
Congeniality

Con*ge`ni*al"i*ty
(? or ?; 106)
n.
The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.
Sir J. Reynolds.

If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed.
Motley.

2.
Compatibility between persons.

Syn. -- congenialness.

3.
The personality trait of being friendly to a conspicuous degree.

Syn. -- geniality.

4.
The personality trait of being likable or pleasant.

Syn. -- pleasantness, likability.


word: Congenital
definition:
Congenital

Con*gen"i*tal
(k&obreve_;n*jĕn"ĭ*tal)
a.
[From Congenite.]
Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutional; natural; as, a congenital deformity; a congenital liar. See Connate and native.

Syn. -- connate; native; inborn; inherited; hereditary.


word: Congenite
definition:
Congenite

Con*gen"ite
(?)
a.
[L. congenitus; con- + genitus, p. p. of gignere to beget. See Generate.]
Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital.
[Obs.]

Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Conger
definition:
Conger

Con"ger
(?)
n.
[L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. _;: cf. F. congre.]
(Zool.)
The conger eel; -- called also congeree.

Conger sea (Zool.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.


word: Congeries
definition:
Congeries

Con*ge"ri*es
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[L., fr. congerere. See Congest.]
A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.


word: Congest
definition:
Congest

Con*gest"
(#)
v. t.
[L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.]

1.
To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

To what will thy congested guilt amount?
Blackmore.

2.
(Med.)
To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.


word: Congested
definition:
Congested

Con*gest"ed
(?)
a.
1.
(Bot.)
Crowded together.
Gray.

2.
(Med.)
Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; -- said of any part of the body.


word: Congestion
definition:
Congestion

Con*ges"tion
(?; 106)
n.
[L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.]
1.
The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
[Obs.]

The congestion of dead bodies one upon another.
Evelyn.

2.
(Med.)
Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperæmia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.


word: Congestive
definition:
Congestive

Con*gest"ive
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.


word: Congiary
definition:
Congiary

Con"gi*a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Congiaries (#)
[L. congiarium, fr. congius a liquid measure.]
A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius.
Addison.

&hand_; In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained.


word: Congius
definition:
Congius

Con"gi*us
(?)
n.
[L.]
1.
(Roman Antiq.)
A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

2.
(Med.)
A gallon, or four quarts.
[Often abbreviated to cong.]


word: Conglaciate
definition:
Conglaciate

Con*gla"ci*ate
(?; 221)
v. t. & i.
[L. conglaciatus, p. p. of conglaciare. See Glaciate.]
To turn to ice; to freeze.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Conglaciation
definition:
Conglaciation

Con*gla`ci*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. conglaciation.]
The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost.
Bacon.


word: Conglobate
definition:
Conglobate

Con*glo"bate
(?; 277)
a.
[L. conglobatus, p. p. of conglobare to conglobate. See Globate.]
Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.


word: Conglobate₂
definition:
Conglobate

Con*glo"bate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conglobated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobating.]
[Cf. Conglore.]
To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.

Conglobated bubbles undissolved.
Wordsworth.


word: Conglobation
definition:
Conglobation

Con`glo*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conglobatio: cf. F. conglobation.]
1.
The act or process of forming into a ball.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
A round body.


word: Conglobe
definition:
Conglobe

Con*globe"
(#)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conglobed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing.]
[L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate.]
To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.

Then founded, then conglobed
Like things to like.
Milton.


word: Conglomerate
definition:
Conglomerate

Con*glom"er*ate
(?)
a.
[L. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate.]
1.
Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate.
Bacon.

Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands.
Cheyne.

2.
(Bot.)
Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers.
Gray.

3.
(Geol.)
Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.


word: Conglomerate₂
definition:
Conglomerate

Con*glom"er*ate
(?)
n.
1.
That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together.
Trench.

2.
(Geol.)
A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.

A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement.
Lyell.


word: Conglomerate₃
definition:
Conglomerate

Con*glom"er*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglomerating.]
To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.


word: Conglomeration
definition:
Conglomeration

Con*glom`er*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.]
1.
The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation.
Bacon.

2.
That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge.


word: Conglutin
definition:
Conglutin

Con*glu"tin
(?)
n.
[From Conglutinate.]
(Chem.)
A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.


word: Conglutinant
definition:
Conglutinant

Con*glu"ti*nant
(?)
a.
[L., conglutinans, p. pr.]
Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.


word: Conglutinate
definition:
Conglutinate

Con*glu"ti*nate
(?)
a.
[L. conglutinatus, p. p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]
Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.


word: Conglutinate₂
definition:
Conglutinate

Con*glu"ti*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating.]
To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.

Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days.
Boyle.


word: Conglutinate₃
definition:
Conglutinate

Con*glu"ti*nate
v. i.
To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.


word: Conglutination
definition:
Conglutination

Con*glu`ti*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination.]
A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.

Conglutination of parts separated by a wound.
Arbuthnot.


word: Congo group
definition:
Congo group

Con"go group
[From Congo red.]
A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also benzidine dyes.


word: Congolese
definition:
Congolese

Congolese
adj.
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Congo region or its people; as, Congolese rulers; the Congolese republic.


word: Congo red
definition:
Congo red

Congo red
(Chem.)
An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as test paper (Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns it blue.


word: Congo snake
definition:
Congo snake

Con"go snake"
(?)
(Zool.)
An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.


word: Congo
definition:
Congo

Congou

{ Con"gou (?), Con"go (?) }
n.
[Chin. kung-foo labor.]
Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. Also called English breakfast tea. See Tea.

Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.”
S. W. Williams.


word: Congratulant
definition:
Congratulant

Con*grat"u*lant
(?)
a.
[L. congratulans, p. pr.]
Rejoicing together; congratulatory.

With like joy
Congratulant approached him.
Milton.


word: Congratulate
definition:
Congratulate

Con*grat"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Congratulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congratulating.]
[L. congratulatus, p. p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.]
To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion.
Shak.

To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.
Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy.
Trench.


word: Congratulate₂
definition:
Congratulate

Con*grat"u*late
v. i.
To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.
[R.]
Swift.

The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves.
Dryden.


word: Congratulation
definition:
Congratulation

Con*grat`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. congratulatio: cf. F. congratulation.]
The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure.

With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival.
Dr. J. Scott.


word: Congratulatory
definition:
Congratulatory

Con*grat"u*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.


word: Congregate
definition:
Congregate

Con"gre*gate
(?)
a.
[L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
Collected; compact; close.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Congregate₂
definition:
Congregate

Con"gre*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Congregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congregating]
To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.

Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.
Hooker.

Cold congregates all bodies.
Coleridge.

The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas.
Milton.


word: Congregate₃
definition:
Congregate

Con"gre*gate
v. i.
To come together; to assemble; to meet.

Even there where merchants most do congregate.
Shak.


word: Congregation
definition:
Congregation

Con`gre*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. congregatio: cf. F. congrégation.]
1.
The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts.
Bacon.

2.
A collection or mass of separate things.

A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.
Shak.

3.
An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.

He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations.
Macaulay.

4.
(Anc. Jewish Hist.)
The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.

It is a sin offering for the congregation.
Lev. iv. 21.

5.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church.
(b)
A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

6.
The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees.
[Eng.]

7.
(Scotch Church Hist.)
the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.


word: Congregational
definition:
Congregational

Con`gre*ga"tion*al
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.

2.
Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.


word: Congregationalism
definition:
Congregationalism

Con`gre*ga"tion*al*ism
(?)
n.
1.
That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

2.
The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.

&hand_; In this sense (which is its usual signification) Congregationalism is the system of faith and practice common to a large body of evangelical Trinitarian churches, which recognize the local brotherhood of each church as independent of all dictation in ecclesiastical matters, but are united in fellowship and joint action, as in councils for mutual advice, and in consociations, conferences, missionary organizations, etc., and to whose membership the designation “Congregationalists” is generally restricted; but Unitarian and other churches are Congregational in their polity.


word: Congregationalist
definition:
Congregationalist

Con`gre*ga"tion*al*ist
n.
One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.


word: Congress
definition:
Congress

Con"gress
(?)
n.
pl. Congresses (#)
[L. congressus, fr. congredi, p. p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- + grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr_;s. See Grade.]
1.
A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
[Obs.]

Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there;
Their congress in the field great Jove withstands.
Dryden.

2.
A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
[Obs.]

From these laws may be deduced the rules of the congresses and reflections of two bodies.
Cheyne.

3.
The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
Pennant.

4.
A gathering or assembly; a conference.

5.
A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.

The European powers strove to . . . accommodate their differences at the congress of Vienna.
Alison.

6.
The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.

&hand_; In the Congress of the United States (which took the place of the Federal Congress, March 4, 1789), the Senate consists of two Senators from each State, chosen by the State legislature for a term of six years, in such a way that the terms of one third of the whole number expire every year; the House of Representatives consists of members elected by the people of the several Congressional districts, for a term of two years, the term of all ending at the same time. The united body of Senators and Representatives for any term of two years for which the whole body of Representatives is chosen is called one Congress. Thus the session which began in December, 1887, was the first (or long) session, and that which began in December, 1888, was the second (or short) session, of the Fiftieth Congress. When an extra session is had before the date of the first regular meeting of a Congress, that is called the first session, and the following regular session is called the second session.

7.
The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.

The Continental Congress, an assembly of deputies from the thirteen British colonies in America, appointed to deliberate in respect to their common interests. They first met in 1774, and from time thereafter until near the close of the Revolution. -- The Federal Congress, the assembly of representatives of the original States of the American Union, who met under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789. -- Congress boot or Congress gaiter, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.] -- Congress water, a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York.


word: Congression
definition:
Congression

Con*gres"sion
(? or _;)
n.
[L. congressio.]
A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Congressional
definition:
Congressional

Con*gres"sion*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates.

Congressional and official labor.
E. Everett.

Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.


word: Congressman
definition:
Congressman

Con"gress*man
(?)
n.
pl. Congressmen (_;).
A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.


word: Congreve
definition:
Congreve

Con"greve
(?)
n.
[After Sir William Congreve, the inventor.]
1.
Short for Cogreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket formerly used in war, either in the field or for bombardment. In the former case it was armed with shell, shrapnel, or other missiles; in the latter, with an inextinguishable explosive material, inclosed in a metallic case. It was guided by a long wooden stick.

2.
Short for Congreve match, an early friction match, containing sulphur, potassium chlorate, and antimony sulphide.


word: Congruence
definition:
Congruence

Con"gru*ence
(?)
n.
[L. congruentia: cf. OF. cornguence.]
Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.
Holland.


word: Congruency
definition:
Congruency

Con"gru*en*cy
(? or ?)
n.
Congruence.

Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n.


word: Congruent
definition:
Congruent

Con"gru*ent
(?)
a.
[L. congruens, p. pr. of congruere: cf. F. congruent.]
Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.

The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence.
B. Jonson.

Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.


word: Congruity
definition:
Congruity

Con*gru"i*ty
(? or _;)
n.
pl. Congruities (#)
[Cf. F. congruit_;.]
1.
The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ?
Hooker.

A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle.
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
(Geom.)
Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

3.
(Scholastic Theol.)
That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.


word: Congruous
definition:
Congruous

Con"gru*ous
(?)
a.
[L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.

Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry.
Blair.

It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.
Atterbury.


word: Conhydrine
definition:
Conhydrine

Con*hy"drine
(? or _;)
n.
[Conium + hydrate.]
(Chem.)
A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.


word: Conical
definition:
Conical

Conic

{ Con"ic (?), Con"ic*al (?) }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. conique. See Cone.]
1.
Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

2.
Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections.

Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. -- Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. -- Conical pendulum. See Pendulum. -- Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. -- Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.


word: Conico-
definition:
Conico-

Con"i*co-
(_;)
a.
[See Conic.]
A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.


word: Conics
definition:
Conics

Con"ics
(?)
n.
1.
That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

2.
Conic sections.


word: conidiophore
definition:
conidiophore

conidiophore
n.
a specialized fungal hypha (a branch of the fungal mycelium) that produces conidia.


word: Conidium
definition:
Conidium

Co*nid"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. Conida (#).
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.


word: Conifer
definition:
Conifer

Co"ni*fer
(?)
n.
[L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conifère.]
(Bot.)
A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.


word: Coniferin
definition:
Coniferin

Co*nif"er*in
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.


word: Coniferophytina
definition:
Coniferophytina

Coniferophyta

Coniferophyta, Coniferophytina
n.
a class of cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous; most are substantial trees; it includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian) and Volztiales (of the Permian-Jurassic).

Syn. -- Coniferopsida, class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina.


word: Coniferopsida
definition:
Coniferopsida

Coniferopsida
n.
same as coniferophyta.

Syn. -- class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta.


word: Coniferous
definition:
Coniferous

Co*nif"er*ous
(?)
a.
(a)
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
(b)
Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.


word: Conine
definition:
Conine

Co"nine
(? or _;)
n.
[From Conium.]
(Chem.)
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.  See Conium, 2.


word: Conirostres
definition:
Conirostres

Co`ni*ros"tres
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.


word: Conistra
definition:
Conistra

Co*nis"tra
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; dust.]
(Greek Antiq.)
Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.


word: Conite
definition:
Conite

Co"nite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; dust: cf. F. conite. So called on account of its gray color.]
(Min.)
A magnesian variety of dolomite.


word: Conium
definition:
Conium

Co*ni"um
(? or _;)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; hemlock.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit (“seeds”) and decompound leaves.

2.
(Med.)
The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.


word: Conject
definition:
Conject

Con*ject"
(?)
v. t.
[L. conjectus, p. p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n.]
To throw together, or to throw.
[Obs.]
Bp. Montagu.


word: Conjector
definition:
Conjector

Con*ject"or
(?)
n.
[L.]
One who guesses or conjectures.
[Obs.]

A great conjector at other men by their writings.
Milton.


word: Conjectural
definition:
Conjectural

Con*jec"tur*al
(?)
a.
[L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.]
Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me.
Shak.

A slight expense of conjectural analogy.
Hugh Miller.

Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural.
Carlyle.


word: Conjecturally
definition:
Conjecturally

Con*jec`tur*al"ly
(?)
n.
That which depends upon guess; guesswork.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Conjecture
definition:
Conjecture

Con*jec"ture
(; 135?)
n.
[L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.]
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature.
Whewell.

Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm.
Milton.


word: Conjecture₂
definition:
Conjecture

Con*jec"ture
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conjectured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing.]
[Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.]
To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.

Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
South.


word: Conjecture₃
definition:
Conjecture

Con*jec"ture
v. i.
To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.


word: Conjoin
definition:
Conjoin

Con*join
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conjoined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conjoining.]
[F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.]
To join together; to unite.

The English army, that divided was
Into two parties, is now conjoined in one.
Shak.

If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined.
Shak.

Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
Locke.


word: Conjoint
definition:
Conjoint

Con*joint"
(?)
a.
[F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.]
United; connected; associated.
conjoint
Glover.

Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson. -- Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.


word: Conjugal
definition:
Conjugal

Con"ju*gal
(?)
a.
[L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin.]
Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.
Conjugal
Milton.


word: Conjugate
definition:
Conjugate

Con"ju*gate
(?)
a.
[L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.]
1.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

2.
(Bot.)
In single pairs; coupled.

3.
(Chem.)
Containing two or more compounds or radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
[R.]

4.
(Gram.)
Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

5.
(Math.)
Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. -- Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. -- Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus. -- Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. -- Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point. -- Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.


word: Conjugate₂
definition:
Conjugate

Con`ju*gate
(?)
n.
[L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.]
1.
A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.

We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.
Abp. Bramhall.

2.
(Chem.)
A complex compound formed from the non-covalent union of two other comounds, behaving as a single compound.
[R.]


word: Conjugate₃
definition:
Conjugate

Con"ju*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conjugated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjugating.]
1.
To unite in marriage; to join.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.

2.
(Gram.)
To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.


word: Conjugate₄
definition:
Conjugate

Con"ju*gate
v. i.
(Biol.)
To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.


word: conjugated
definition:
conjugated

conjugated
adj.
1.
(Chem.)
(Chem.)
formed by the union of two compounds; as, a conjugated protein.

Syn. -- conjugate.

2.
joined together especially in a pair or pairs.

Syn. -- conjugate, coupled.

3.
(Chem.)
containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; -- of an organic compound or of the double bonds thus arranged.
Conjugated double bonds have chemical and electronic properties different from those of isolated double bonds.

Syn. -- conjugate.


word: Conjugation
definition:
Conjugation

Con`ju*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).]
1.
the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.
[Obs.]

Mixtures and conjugations of atoms.
Bentley.

2.
Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple.
[Obs.]

The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves.
Sir T. Browne.

3.
(Gram.)
(a)
The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections.
(b)
A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb.
(c)
A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.

4.
(Biol.)
A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.


word: Conjugial
definition:
Conjugial

Con*ju"gi*al
(?)
a.
[L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal.]
Conjugal.
[R.]
Swedenborg.


word: Conjunct
definition:
Conjunct

Con*junct"
(?)
a.
[L. conjunctus, p. p. See Conjoin.]
1.
United; conjoined; concurrent.
[Archaic]

2.
(Her.)
Same as Conjoined.


word: Conjunction
definition:
Conjunction

Con*junc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. See Conjoin.]
1.
The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

He will unite the white rose and the red:
Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction.
Shak.

Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others.
South.

2.
(Astron.)
The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6.

&hand_; Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth.

3.
(Gram.)
A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.

Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive.
Harris.


word: Conjunctiva
definition:
Conjunctiva

Con`junc*ti"va
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. conjunctivus connective.]
(Anat.)
The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.


word: Conjunctival
definition:
Conjunctival

Con`junc*ti"val
(?)
a.
1.
Joining; connecting.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva.


word: Conjunctive
definition:
Conjunctive

Con*junc"tive
(?)
a.
[L. conjunctivus.]
1.
Serving to unite; connecting together.

2.
Closely united.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Conjunctive mood (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. -- Conjunctive tissue (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.


word: Conjuncture
definition:
Conjuncture

Con*junc"ture
(?; 135)
n.
[Cf. F. conjoncture, LL. conjunctura.]
1.
The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination.

The conjuncture of philosophy and divinity.
Hobbes.

A fit conjuncture or circumstances.
Addison.

2.
A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.

He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity.
Macaulay.


word: Conjuration
definition:
Conjuration

Con`ju*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conjuratio, cf. F. conjuration.]
1.
The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . . 
Under this conjuration speak, my lord.
Shak.

2.
The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment.

Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event.
Hallam.

3.
A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
[Obs.]
conjuration
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Conjurator
definition:
Conjurator

Con"ju*ra`tor
(?)
n.
[LL.]
(O. Eng. Law)
One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.
Burrill.


word: Conjure
definition:
Conjure

Con*jure"
(k&obreve_;n*jūr")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conjured (-jūrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring.]
[F. conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire; con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.]
To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

I conjure you, let him know,
Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it.
Addison.


word: Conjure₂
definition:
Conjure

Con*jure"
v. i.
To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate.
[A Latinism]

Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons
Conjured against the Highest.
Milton.


word: Conjure₃
definition:
Conjure

Con"jure
(?)
v. t.
To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.

The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into.
Shak.

To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.


word: Conjure₄
definition:
Conjure

Con"jure
(?)
v. i.
To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

She conjures; away with her.
Shak.


word: Conjurer
definition:
Conjurer

Con*jur"er
(?)
n.
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.


word: Conjurer₂
definition:
Conjurer

Con"jur*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.

Dealing with witches and with conjurers.
Shak.

From the account the loser brings,
The conjurer knows who stole the things.
Prior.

2.
One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
[Obs.]
Addison.


word: conk₂
definition:
conk

conk
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;k)
v. t.
to hit on the head; as, to conk someone on the head with a pipe.
[slang]


word: conker
definition:
conker

conk"er
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;k"ẽr)
n.
the inedible nutlike seed of the horsechestnut.

Syn. -- buckeye, horsechestnut, horse-chestnut.


word: Connascency
definition:
Connascency

Connascence

{ Con*nas"cence (?), Con*nas"cen*cy (?) }
n.
[L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p. pr. of nasci to be born.]
1.
The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together.
Johnson.

2.
That which is born or produced with another.

3.
The act of growing together.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Connate
definition:
Connate

Con"nate
(?; 277)
a.
[L. connatus; con- + natus born, p. p. of nasci. See Cognate.]

1.
Born with another; being of the same birth.

2.
Congenital; existing from birth.
Connate
South.

A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate.
Dunglison.

3.
(Bot.)
Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.


word: Connate-perfoliate
definition:
Connate-perfoliate

Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.


word: Connatural
definition:
Connatural

Con*nat"u*ral
(?; 135)
a.
[Pref. con- + natural.]
1.
Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

These affections are connatural to us.
L'Estrange.

2.
Partaking of the same nature.

And mix with our connatural dust.
Milton.


word: Connaturality
definition:
Connaturality

Con*nat`u*ral"i*ty
(?)
n.
Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.
[R.]

A congruity and connaturality between them.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Connaturalize
definition:
Connaturalize

Con*nat"u*ral*ize
(?; 135)
v. t.
To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt.
[Obs.]
Dr. J. Scott.


word: Connature
definition:
Connature

Con*na"ture
(?; 135)
n.
Participation in a common nature or character.
[R.]

Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness.
H. Spencer.


word: Connect
definition:
Connect

Con*nect"
(k&obreve_;n*nĕkt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting.]
[L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]
1.
To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
Pope.

A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism.
Locke.

2.
To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.

3.
To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.

4.
To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.

Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.


word: Connect₂
definition:
Connect

Con*nect"
(?)
v. i.
To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.


word: connected
definition:
connected

connected
adj.
1.
p. p. of connect.
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous
adjunctive
affined
attached
contiguous, in contact
coupled, joined, linked
cursive, flowing
siamese
socially connected, well-connected
unconnected

2.
being joined in close association.

Syn. -- affiliated, attached.

3.
connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals.
wired (vs. wireless)
4.
(Music)
legato.
staccato

Syn. -- flowing, smooth.

5.
associated with or accompanying.

Syn. -- associated.

6.
(Computers)
stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer.
on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)

Syn. -- machine-accessible.

7.
switched on.
on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)

Syn. -- ready, on.

8.
having some relation.

Syn. -- related.


word: connectedness
definition:
connectedness

connectedness
n.
1.
the state of being connected.

Syn. -- connection.

2.
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it).

Syn. -- connection, connexion.


word: connecting
definition:
connecting

connecting
adj.
1.
having a connection; as, connecting rooms.

2.
forming a connection; as, a connecting corridor.

3.
(Grammar)
syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence.

Syn. -- copulative.


word: connecting₂
definition:
connecting

connecting
n.
the act of bringing two things into contact.

Syn. -- joining, connection, connexion.


word: Connection
definition:
Connection

Con*nec"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. Connexion.]
1.
The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.

Syn. -- link, connectedness.

2.
That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.

3.
any relationship between things or events; association; alliance; as, a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices.

Syn. -- relation.

He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect.
Whewell.

The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness.
Atterbury.

Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things.
I. Taylor.

4.
A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.

4.
The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.

Men elevated by powerful connection.
Motley.

At the head of a strong parliamentary connection.
Macaulay.

Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him.
Macaulay.

5.
something that connects other objects.

Syn. -- connexion, connector, connecter, connective.

6.
(usually plural) an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); as, he has powerful connections.

7.
a communications channel; as, my cell phone had a bad connection.

8.
(Transportation)
a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle; the departing vehicle of a connection{9}; as, my connection leaves four hours after my arrival; I missed my connection.
A connection may be more specifically referred to as a connecting flight, a connecting train, etc.

9.
(Transportation)
the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second, sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle; as, we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris; -- most commonly used of airplanes, trains, and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal.

10.
(Transportation)
the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey; as, the connection was made in Copenhagen; -- most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers.

11.
(Commerce)
a vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price, or under conditions when other sources are unavailable; as, to get a bargain from one's connection in the jewelry trade; to have connections for the purchase of marijuana; -- often used in the pl..

12.
(Psychol.)
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.

Syn. -- association, connection, connexion.

In this connection, in connection with this subject. [A phrase objected to by some writers.]

&hand_; This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc.


word: Connective
definition:
Connective

Con*nect"ive
(?)
a.
Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.


word: Connective₂
definition:
Connective

Con*nect"ive
n.
That which connects
(a)
(Gram.)
A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition.
(b)
(Bot.)
That part of an anther which connects its thecæ, lobes, or cells.


word: Connector
definition:
Connector

Con*nect"or
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, connects
(a)
A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.
(b)
A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.


word: Conner
definition:
Conner

Con"ner
(?)
n.
[Cf. Cunner.]
(Zool.)
A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.


word: Conning tower
definition:
Conning tower

Con"ning tow"er
(?)
1.
n.
The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
[archaic]

2.
the raised structure rising above the deck of a submarine.


word: Connivance
definition:
Connivance

Con*niv"ance
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.]
1.
Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

2.
(Law)
Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.


word: Connive
definition:
Connive

Con*nive"
(k&obreve_;n*nīv")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Connived (-nīvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Conniving.]
[L. connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.]
1.
To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
[Obs.]

The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye.
Spectator.

2.
To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.

To connive at what it does not approve.
Jer. Taylor.

In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving.
Burke.

The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule.
Macaulay.


word: Connive₂
definition:
Connive

Con*nive"
v. t.
To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
[R. & Obs.]
connived
Milton.


word: Connivent
definition:
Connivent

Con*niv"ent
(#)
a.
[L. connivens, p. pr.]
1.
Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.
[R.]
Milton.

2.
(Biol.)
Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.


word: Connoisseur
definition:
Connoisseur

Con`nois*seur"
(?; 277)
n.
[F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor.]
One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.

The connoisseur is “one who knows,” as opposed to the dilettant, who only “thinks he knows.”
Fairholt.


word: Connotate
definition:
Connotate

Con"no*tate
(k&obreve_;n"no̝*tāt)
v. t.
[L. con- + notatus, p. p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote.]
To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply.
Hammond.


word: Connotation
definition:
Connotation

Con`no*ta"tion
(k&obreve_;n`no̝*tā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. connotation.]
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

2.
a meaning implied but not explicitly denoted by some word or expression, which may be understood in addition to the explicit primary meaning.

3.
(Logic)
the full set of necessary properties possessed by all the objects within the extension of a term; the intensional meaning of a term, which determines the objects to which the term applies; the intension of a term.

Syn. -- intension.


word: connotational
definition:
connotational

connotational
adj.
Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit.  Contrasted with denotative.

Syn. -- connotative of (predicate).


word: Connotative
definition:
Connotative

Con*no"ta*tive
(k&obreve_;n*n&omacr"tȧ*tĭv or k&obreve_;n"no̝*ta̝*tĭv)
a.
1.
Implying something additional; illative.

2.
(Log.)
Implying an attribute. See Connote.

Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill.


word: connote
definition:
connote

con*note"
(k&obreve_;n*n&omacrt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. connoted; p. pr. & vb. n. connoting.]
[See connotate, and cote.]
1.
To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing.
South.

2.
(Logic)
To imply as an attribute.

The word “white” denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute “whiteness.”
J. S. Mill.


word: Connubial
definition:
Connubial

Con*nu"bi*al
(#)
a.
[L. connubialis, fr. connubium marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital.]
Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.

Nor Eve the rites
Mysterious of connubial love refused.
Milton.

Kind, connubial tenderness.
Goldsmith.


word: Connubiality
definition:
Connubiality

Con*nu`bi*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.

Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B.
Dickens.


word: Connumeration
definition:
Connumeration

Con*nu`mer*a"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. connumeratio, fr. L. connumerare, -numeratum, to number with.]
A reckoning together.
[R.]
Porson.


word: Connutritious
definition:
Connutritious

Con`nu*tri"tious
(#)
a.
Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food.
[Obs.]
Crabb.


word: Conodont
definition:
Conodont

Co"no*dont
(k&omacr"no̝*d&obreve_;nt)
n.
[Gr. kw^nos cone + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.]
(Zool.)
A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.


word: Conodontophorida
definition:
Conodontophorida

Conodonta

Conodonta, Conodontophorida
n.
an extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications it is considered a separate phylum.

Syn. -- order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida.


word: Conoid
definition:
Conoid

Co"noid
(k&omacr"noid)
n.
[Gr. kwnoeidh`s conical; kw^nos cone + e'i^dos form: cf. F. conoïde.]
1.
Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.

2.
(Geom.)
(a)
A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc.
(b)
A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane.
Math. Dict.


word: Conoidical
definition:
Conoidical

Conoidic

{ Co*noid"ic (?), Co*noid"ic*al (?) }
a.
Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.


word: Conquadrate
definition:
Conquadrate

Con*quad"rate
(?)
v. t.
[L. conquadratus, p. p. of conquadrare.]
To bring into a square.
[R.]
Ash.


word: Conquassate
definition:
Conquassate

Con*quas"sate
(?)
v. t.
[L. conquassatus, p. p. of conquassare.]
To shake; to agitate.
[Obs.]
Harvey.


word: Conquer
definition:
Conquer

Con"quer
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"kẽr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conquered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conquering.]
[OF. conquerre, F. conquérir, fr. L. conquirere, -quisitum, to seek or search for, to bring together, LL., to conquer; con- + quaerere to seek. See Quest.]
1.
To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish.
conquer
Shak.

If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us.
Shak.

We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms.
Pope.

2.
To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc.

By winning words to conquer hearts,
And make persuasion do the work of fear.
Milton.

3.
To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace.


word: Conquer₂
definition:
Conquer

Con"quer
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"kẽr)
v. i.
To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.

He went forth conquering and to conquer.
Rev. vi. 2.

The champions resolved to conquer or to die.
Waller.


word: Conquerable
definition:
Conquerable

Con*quer*a*ble
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"kẽr*ȧ*b'l)
a.
Capable of being conquered or subdued.
South.


word: conquering₂
definition:
conquering

conquering
n.
the act of conquering.

Syn. -- conquest, enslavement, subjection, subjugation.


word: Conqueror
definition:
Conqueror

Con"quer*or
(k&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"kẽr*ẽr)
n.
[OF. conquereor, fr. conquerre,]
One who conquers.

The Conqueror (Eng. Hist.). William the Norman (1027-1067) who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battle of Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066.


word: Conquest
definition:
Conquest

Con"quest
(?)
n.
[OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conquête, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p. p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.]
1.
The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
Addison.

Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
Prescott.

2.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
Shak.

3.
(Feudal Law)
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Blackstone.

4.
The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.

The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066.  The Norman Conquest.


word: Conquian
definition:
Conquian

Con"qui*an
(?)
n.
(Card Playing)
A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each player tries to form three or four of a kind or sequences.


word: Consanguine
definition:
Consanguine

Con*san"guine
(?)
a.
1.
related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; -- used as a term of relation between two people.

Syn. -- akin(predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguineous, kin(predicate).

2.
(Law)
having the same father but different mothers; -- contrasted with uterine{2} and german.


word: Consanguineous
definition:
Consanguineous

Con`san*guin"e*ous
(?)
a.
[L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine.]
Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Shak.

Syn. -- consanguine.


word: Consanguinity
definition:
Consanguinity

Con`san*guin"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintité.]
The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.

Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity.
Prescott.


word: Consarcination
definition:
Consarcination

Con*sar`ci*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consarcinare, -natum, to patch together.]
A patching together; patchwork.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Conscience
definition:
Conscience

Con"science
(?)
n.
[F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p. pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con- + scire to know. See Science.]
1.
Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.
[Obs.]

The sweetest cordial we receive, at last,
Is conscience of our virtuous actions past.
Denham.

2.
The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense.

My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Shak.

As science means knowledge, conscience etymologically means self-knowledge . . . But the English word implies a moral standard of action in the mind as well as a consciousness of our own actions. . . . Conscience is the reason, employed about questions of right and wrong, and accompanied with the sentiments of approbation and condemnation.
Whewell.

3.
The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty.

Conscience supposes the existence of some such [i.e., moral] faculty, and properly signifies our consciousness of having acted agreeably or contrary to its directions.
Adam Smith.

4.
Tenderness of feeling; pity.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Conscience clause, a clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. -- Conscience money, stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into the United States treasury by unknown debtors is called the Conscience fund. -- Court of Conscience, a court established for the recovery of small debts, in London and other trading cities and districts. [Eng.] Blackstone. -- In conscience, In all conscience, in deference or obedience to conscience or reason; in reason; reasonably. “This is enough in conscience.” Howell. “Half a dozen fools are, in all conscience, as many as you should require.” Swift. -- To make conscience of, To make a matter of conscience, to act according to the dictates of conscience concerning (any matter), or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates.


word: Conscienceless
definition:
Conscienceless

Con"science*less
a.
Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.

Conscienceless and wicked patrons.
Hookre.


word: Conscientious
definition:
Conscientious

Con`sci*en"tious
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. consciencieux, LL. conscientiosus.]
1.
Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.

The advice of wise and conscientious men.
Prescott.

2.
Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.

A holy and conscientious course.
Abp. Tillotson.


word: Conscientiously
definition:
Conscientiously

Con`sci*en"tious*ly
(?)
adv.
In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.


word: Conscientiousness
definition:
Conscientiousness

Con`sci*en"tious*ness
n.
The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.


word: Conscionable
definition:
Conscionable

Con"scion*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Irregularly formed fr. conscience.]
Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.

Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Conscionableness
definition:
Conscionableness

Con"scion*a*ble*ness
n.
The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness.
Johnson.


word: Conscious
definition:
Conscious

Con"scious
(?)
a.
[L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See Conscience.]
1.
Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought.
I. Watts.

2.
Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.

Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt.
Hawthorne.

The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing.
De Quincey.

3.
Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.

With conscious terrors vex me round.
Milton.


word: Consciously
definition:
Consciously

Con"scious*ly
adv.
In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.


word: Consciousness
definition:
Consciousness

Con"scious*ness
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or “ego” of its acts and affections; -- in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.

Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation.
Sir W. Hamilton.

And, when the steam
Which overflowed the soul had passed away,
A consciousness remained that it had left.
 . . . images and precious thoughts
That shall not die, and can not be destroyed.
Wordsworth.

The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness.
Froude.

3.
Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.
[R.]

An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness.
Pope.


word: Conscribe
definition:
Conscribe

Con*scribe"
(?)
v. t.
[L. conscribere. See Conscript.]
To enroll; to enlist.
[Obs.]
E. Hall.


word: Conscript
definition:
Conscript

Con"script
(?)
a.
[L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Enrolled; written; registered.

Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the “fathers” the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.


word: Conscript₂
definition:
Conscript

Con"script
n.
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.


word: Conscription
definition:
Conscription

Con*scrip"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conscriptio: cf. F. conscription.]
1.
An enrolling or registering.

The conscription of men of war.
Bp. Burnet.

2.
A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.


word: Consecrate
definition:
Consecrate

Con"se*crate
(?)
a.
[L. consceratus, p. p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

They were assembled in that consecrate place.
Bacon.


word: Consecrate₂
definition:
Consecrate

Con"se*crate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Consecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consecrating.]
1.
To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest.
Sharp.

2.
To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Ex. xxix. 9.

3.
To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

4.
To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time.
Burke.


word: Consecration
definition:
Consecration

Con`se*cra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consecratio: cf. F. consécration.]
The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

Until the days of your consecration be at an end.
Lev. viii. 33.

Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemnly declares it so.
South.


word: Consecrator
definition:
Consecrator

Con"se*cra`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.
[Written also consecrater.]


word: Consecratory
definition:
Consecratory

Con"se*cra*to*ry
(? or ?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.

The consecratory prayer.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Consectaneous
definition:
Consectaneous

Con`sec*ta"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. consectaneus.]
Following as a matter of course.
Blount.


word: Consectary
definition:
Consectary

Con"sec*ta*ry
(?)
a.
[L. consectarius, fr. consectari to follow after eagerly; con- + sectari to follow eagerly, fr. sequi to follow.]
Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
[R.]
Consectary
Sir T. Browne.


word: Consectary₂
definition:
Consectary

Con"sec*ta*ry
n.
That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Consecute
definition:
Consecute

Con"se*cute
(?)
v. t.
To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.
[Obs.]
Bp. Burnet.


word: Consecution
definition:
Consecution

Con`se*cu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consecutio. See Consequent.]
1.
A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
A succession or series of any kind.
[Obs.]
Sir I. Newton.

Month of consecution (Astron.), a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.


word: Consecutive
definition:
Consecutive

Con*sec"u*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. consécutif. See Consequent.]
1.
Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

2.
Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

The actions of a man consecutive to volition.
Locke.

3.
(Mus.)
Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.

Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.


word: Consensual
definition:
Consensual

Con*sen"su*al
(?)
a.
[See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual.]
1.
(Law)
Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

2.
(Physiol.)
Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions.

Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract.


word: Consensus
definition:
Consensus

Con*sen"sus
(?)
n.
[L. See Consent.]
Agreement; accord; consent.

That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion.
Tylor.


word: Consent
definition:
Consent

Con*sent"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Consented; p. pr. & vb. n. Consenting.]
[F. consentir, fr. L. consentire, -sensum, to feel together, agree; con- + sentire to feel. See Sense.]
1.
To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

And Saul was consenting unto his death.
Acts. viii. 1.

Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.
Fuller.

2.
To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.

My poverty, but not my will, consents.
Shak.

And whispering “I will ne'er consent,” -- consented.
Byron.


word: Consent₂
definition:
Consent

Con*sent"
v. t.
To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
[Obs.]

Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story.
Milton.


word: Consent₃
definition:
Consent

Con*sent"
n.
[Cf. OF. consent.]
1.
Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.

All with one consent began to make excuse.
Luke xiv. 18.

They fell together all, as by consent.
Shak.

2.
Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.

The melodious consent of the birds.
Holland.

Such is the world's great harmony that springs
From union, order, full consent of things.
Pope.

3.
Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.

Thou wert possessed of David's throne
By free consent of all.
Milton.

4.
(Law)
Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.

5.
(Physiol.)
Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
Age of consent (Law), an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.


word: Consentaneous
definition:
Consentaneous

Con`sen*ta"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. consentaneus.]
Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.

A good law and consentaneous to reason.
Howell.


word: Consentient
definition:
Consentient

Con*sen"tient
(?)
a.
[L. consentients, p. pr. See Consent.]
Agreeing in mind; accordant.

The consentient judgment of the church.
Bp. Pearson.


word: Consequence
definition:
Consequence

Con"se*quence
(?)
n.
[L., consequentia: cf. F. conséquence. See Consequent.]
1.
That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

Shun to taste,
And shun the bitter consequence.
Milton.

2.
(Logic)
A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

3.
Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Such fatal consequence unites us three.
Milton.

Link follows link by necessary consequence.
Coleridge.

4.
Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

It is a matter of small consequence.
Shak.

A sense of your own worth and consequence.
Cowper.

In consequence, hence; for this cause. -- In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.


word: Consequent
definition:
Consequent

Con"se*quent
(?)
a.
[L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]
1.
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal.
Locke.

2.
(Logic)
Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.


word: Consequent₂
definition:
Consequent

Con"se*quent
n.
1.
That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
Sir J. Davies.

2.
(Logic)
That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

3.
(Math.)
The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.


word: Consequential
definition:
Consequential

Con`se*quen"tial
(?)
a.
1.
Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.

All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority.
Locke.

These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.

His stately and consequential pace.
Sir W. Scott.

Consequential damage (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.


word: Consequentially
definition:
Consequentially

Con`se*quen"tial*ly
adv.
1.
With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.

The faculty of writing consequentially.
Addison.

2.
By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially.
South.

3.
In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously.

4.
With assumed importance; pompously.


word: Consequently
definition:
Consequently

Con"se*quent*ly
(?)
adv.
By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.


word: Consertion
definition:
Consertion

Con*ser"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consertio, fr. conserere, -sertum to connect; con- + serere to join.]
Junction; adaptation
[R.]

Consertion of design, how exquisite.
Young.


word: Conservable
definition:
Conservable

Con*serv"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. conservabilitis.]
Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.


word: Conservancy
definition:
Conservancy

Con*serv"an*cy
(?)
n.
Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.

[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis.
Mozley & W.


word: Conservant
definition:
Conservant

Con*serv"ant
(?)
a.
[L. conservans, p. pr.]
Having the power or quality of conservation.


word: Conservation
definition:
Conservation

Con`ser*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. conservatio: cf. F. conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
Hallam.

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Burke.

Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal times. -- Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.), the principle that the total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible. Clerk Maxwell.


word: Conservatism
definition:
Conservatism

Con*serv"a*tism
(?)
n.
[For conservatism.]
The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.


word: Conservative
definition:
Conservative

Con*serv"a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. conservatif.]
1.
Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

2.
Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.

3.
Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.

We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party.
Quart. Rev. (1830).

Conservative system (Mech.), a material system of such a nature that after the system has undergone any series of changes, and been brought back in any manner to its original state, the whole work done by external agents on the system is equal to the whole work done by the system overcoming external forces.
Clerk Maxwell.


word: Conservative₂
definition:
Conservative

Con*serv"a*tive
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.

The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.

3.
(Eng. Hist.)
A member of the Conservative party.


word: Conservatoire
definition:
Conservatoire

Con`ser"va*toire`
(?)
n.
[F.]
A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3].


word: Conservator
definition:
Conservator

Con"ser*va`tor
(?; 277)
n.
[L.: cf. F. conservateur.]
1.
One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.

The great Creator and Conservator of the world.
Derham.

2.
(Law)
(a)
An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.
(b)
One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate.

The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms.
Clarendon.

The conservator of the estate of an idiot.
Bouvier.

Conservators of the River Thames, a board of commissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.


word: Conservatory
definition:
Conservatory

Con*serv"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. conservatoire, LL. conservatorius.]
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.


word: Conservatory₂
definition:
Conservatory

Con*serv"a*to*ry
n.
[Cf. F. conservatoire, LL. conservatorium.]
1.
That which preserves from injury.
[Obs.]
conservatory
Jer. Taylor.

2.
A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.

3.
A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.


word: Conserve
definition:
Conserve

Con*serve"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Conserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conserving.]
[F. conserver, L. conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See Serve.]
1.
To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor.
Strype.

2.
To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.


word: Conserve₂
definition:
Conserve

Con"serve
(?)
n.
[F. conserve, fr. conserver.]
1.
Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
Tatler.

2.
(Med.)
A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

3.
A conservatory.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: conserves
definition:
conserves

conserves
n.
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

Syn. -- conserve, preserve, preserves.


word: conserving
definition:
conserving

conserving
adj.
protecting or saving from harm or loss; as, serves a conserving function.

Syn. -- preserving.


word: conserving₂
definition:
conserving

conserving
n.
the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources.

Syn. -- conservation, conservancy.


word: Consider
definition:
Consider

Con*sid"er
(k&obreve_;n*sĭd"ẽr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Considered (k&obreve_;n*sĭd"ẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Considering.]
[F. considérer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]
1.
To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps. cxix. 95.

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep
I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind
Considered all things visible.
Milton.

2.
To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it.
Prov. xxxi. 16.

3.
To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day
Was yours by accident.
Shak.

England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.
Sir W. Temple.

4.
To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.

Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
Macaulay.

&hand_; The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, “Blessed is he that considereth the poor.” Ps. xli. 1.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. “Which [services] if I have not enough considered.” Shak.; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. “Consider him liberally.”  J. Hooker.


word: Consider₂
definition:
Consider

Con*sid"er
v. i.
1.
To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.

We will consider of your suit.
Shak.

'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so.
Shak.

She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs.
W. Black

2.
To hesitate.
[Poetic & R.]
Dryden.


word: Considerable
definition:
Considerable

Con*sid"er*a*ble
(k&obreve_;n*sĭd"ẽr*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. considérable.]
1.
Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to.

It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning.
Bp. Wilkins.

Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration.
Tillotson.

2.
Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.

You are, indeed, a very considerable man.
Junius.

3.
Of importance or value.

In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth.
Dryden.

A considerable sum of money.
Prescott.


word: Considerableness
definition:
Considerableness

Con*sid"er*a*ble*ness
n.
Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.


word: Considerably
definition:
Considerably

Con*sid"er*a*bly
adv.
In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much.

The breeds . . . differ considerably from each other.
Darwin.


word: Considerance
definition:
Considerance

Con*sid"er*ance
(?)
n.
[L. considerantia.]
Act of considering; consideration.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Considerate
definition:
Considerate

Con*sid"er*ate
(k&obreve_;n*sĭd"ẽr*a̝t)
a.
[L. consideratus, p. p.]
1.
Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of others.

Of dauntless courage and considerate pride.
Milton.

Æneas is patient, considerate, and careful of his people.
Dryden.

The wisest and most considerate men in the world.
Sharp.

2.
Having respect to; regardful.
[R.]

They may be . . . more considerate of praise.
Dr. H. More.


word: considerateness
definition:
considerateness

considerateness
n.
kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.

Syn. -- consideration, thoughtfulness.


word: Consideration
definition:
Consideration

Con*sid`er*a"tion
(k&obreve_;n*sĭd`ẽr*ā"shŭn)
n.
[L. consideratio: cf. F. considération.]
1.
The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

Let us think with consideration.
Sir P. Sidney.

Consideration, like an angel, came.
Shak.

2.
Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.

The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration.
D. Webster.

The consideration with which he was treated.
Whewell.

3.
Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.

Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church.
Newman.

4.
Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.

Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin.
Addison.

5.
The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.

6.
That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.

He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum.
Dryden.

Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment.
Macaulay.

7.
(Law)
The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
Bouvier.

&hand_; Consideration is what is done, or promised to be done, in exchange for a promise, and “as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee.”
Wharton.


word: Considerative
definition:
Considerative

Con*sid"er*a*tive
(?)
a.
Considerate; careful; thoughtful.
[Archaic]

I love to be considerative.
B. Jonson.


word: Consign
definition:
Consign

Con*sign"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Consigned 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Consigning.]
[F. consigner, L. consignare, -signatu,, to seal or sign; con- + signare, fr. signum mark. See Sign.]
1.
To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.

At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state.
Atterbury.

2.
To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.

Atrides, parting for the Trojan war,
Consigned the youthful consort to his care.
Pope.

The four evangelists consigned to writing that history.
Addison.

3.
(Com.)
To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.

4.
To assign; to devote; to set apart.

The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor.
Dryden.

5.
To stamp or impress; to affect.
[Obs.]

Consign my spirit with great fear.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Consign₂
definition:
Consign

Con*sign"
(?)
v. i.
1.
To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.
[Obs.]

All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee, and come to dust.
Shak.

2.
To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.
[Obs.]

Augment or alter . . . 
And we'll consign thereto.
Shak.


word: Consignation
definition:
Consignation

Con`sig*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consignatio written proof, document: cf. F. consignation comsignation.]
1.
The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state.
[Obs.]

So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification.

A direct consignation of pardon.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
A stamp; an indication; a sign.
[Obs.]

The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Consignatory
definition:
Consignatory

Con*sig"na*to*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. Consignitary.]
One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty.
Fallows.


word: Consigne
definition:
Consigne

Con"signe
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Mil.)
(a)
A countersign; a watchword.
(b)
One who is orders to keep within certain limits.


word: Consignee
definition:
Consignee

Con`sign*ee"
(?;  277)
n.
[F. consign_;, p. p. of consigner.]
The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise.
De Colange.


word: Consignificant
definition:
Consignificant

Con`sig*nif"i*cant
(?)
a.
Having joint or equal signification; synonymous.
[R.]
Spelman.


word: Consignify
definition:
Consignify

Con*sig"ni*fy
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. con- + sognify.]
To signify or denote in combination with something else.

The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures.
Horne Tooke.


word: Consignment
definition:
Consignment

Con*sign"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of consigning; consignation.

2.
(Com.)
The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.

3.
(Com.)
That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance.

To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce.
Burke.

4.
The writing by which anything is consigned.


word: Consignor
definition:
Consignor

Con*sign"or
(? or _;; 277)
n.
One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee.
[Written also consigner.]


word: Consilience
definition:
Consilience

Con*sil"i*ence
(?)
n.
[con- + salire to leap.]
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.

The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class.
Whewell.


word: Consimility
definition:
Consimility

Consimilitude

{ Con`si*mil"i*tude (?), Con`si*mil"i*ty (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. consimilitude. See Similitude.]
Common resemblance.
[Obs.]
Aubrey.


word: Consist
definition:
Consist

Con*sist"
(k&obreve_;n*sĭst")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Consisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consisting.]
[L. consistere to stand still or firm; con- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, stare to stand: cf. F. consister. See Stand.]
1.
To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

He is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Col. i. 17.

2.
To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.

The land would consist of plains and valleys.
T. Burnet.

3.
To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.

If their purgation did consist in words.
Shak.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke xii. 15.

4.
To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.

This was a consisting story.
Bp. Burnet.

Health consists with temperance alone.
Pope.

For orders and degrees
Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Milton.

5.
To insist; -- followed by on.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Consistency
definition:
Consistency

Consistence

{ Con*sist"ence (?), Con*sist"en*cy (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. consistance.]
1.
The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence.
Bacon.

We are as water, weak, and of no consistence.
Jer. Taylor.

The same form, substance, and consistency.
T. Burnet.

2.
A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated.

Syn. -- body.

Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup.
Arbuthnot.

3.
That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members.
Milton.

4.
Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.
South.

5.
Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.

That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just.
Addison.

Consistency, thou art a jewel.
Popular Saying.


word: Consistent
definition:
Consistent

Con*sist"ent
(?)
a.
[L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F. consistant.]
1.
Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

The humoral and consistent parts of the body.
Harvey.

2.
Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.

Show me one that has it in his power
To act consistent with himself an hour.
Pope.

With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
South.

3.
Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.

It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator.
Macaulay.


word: Consistorial
definition:
Consistorial

Con`sis*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. consistorial.]
Of or pertaining to a consistory.
Consistorial
Hooker.
Consistorial
Bp. Hoadley.


word: Consistorian
definition:
Consistorian

Con`sis*to"rian
(?)
a.
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians.
Milton.


word: Consistory
definition:
Consistory

Con*sis"to*ry
(? or ?; 277)
n.
pl. Consistories (#).
[L. consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F. consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist.]
1.
Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

To council summons all his mighty peers,
Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved,
A gloomy consistory.
Milton.

2.
(Eng. Ch.)
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
Hook.

3.
(R. C. Ch.)
An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory.
Bacon.

4.
A church tribunal or governing body.

&hand_; In some churches, as the Dutch Reformed in America, a consistory is composed of the minister and elders of an individual church, corresponding to a Presbyterian church session, and in others, as the Reformed church in France, it is composed of ministers and elders, corresponding to a presbytery. In some Lutheran countries it is a body of clerical and lay officers appointed by the sovereign to superintend ecclesiastical affairs.

5.
A civil court of justice.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Consociate
definition:
Consociate

Con*so"ci*ate
(?)
n.
[L. consociatus, p. p. of consociare to associate, unite; con- + sociare to join, unite. See Social.]
An associate; an accomplice.
[Archaic]
consociates
Bp. Hall.


word: Consociate₂
definition:
Consociate

Con*so"ci*ate
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Consociated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Consociating.]
1.
To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.
[R.]

Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.
Mallet.

2.
To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.
[U.S.]


word: Consociate₃
definition:
Consociate

Con*so"ci*ate
v. i.
1.
To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence.
[R.]
Bentley.

2.
To form an ecclesiastical consociation.
[U.S.]


word: Consociation
definition:
Consociation

Con*so`ci*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consociatio.]
1.
Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

A friendly consociation with your kindred elements.
Warburton.

2.
A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.

&hand_; In Connecticut some of the Congregational churhes are associated in consociations and the others in conferences.


word: Consol
definition:
Consol

Con*sol"
(?)
n.
A consolidated annuity (see Consols); -- chiefly in combination or attributively.


word: Consolable
definition:
Consolable

Con*sol"a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. consolabilis: cf. F. consolable.]
Capable of receiving consolation.


word: Consolate
definition:
Consolate

Con"so*late
(?)
v. t.
[L. consolatus, p. p. See Console, v. t.]
To console; to comfort.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Consolation
definition:
Consolation

Con`so*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consolatio: cf. F. consolation.]
The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.

Against such cruelties
With inward consolations recompensed.
Milton.

Are the consolations of God small with thee?
Job xv. 11.


word: race
definition:
race

pot

match

Consolation game

{ Con`so*la"tion game, match, pot, race, etc. }
A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests.


word: Consolato del mare
definition:
Consolato del mare

Con`so*la"to del ma"re
(?)
[It., the consulate of the sea.]
A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws.
Kent. Bouvier.


word: Consolatory
definition:
Consolatory

Con*sol"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. consolatorius.]
Of a consoling or comforting nature.

The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind.
Burke.


word: Consolatory₂
definition:
Consolatory

Con*sol"a*to*ry
n.
That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Console
definition:
Console

Con*sole"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Consoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Consoling.]
[L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See Solace.]
To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

And empty heads console with empty sound.
Pope.

I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete.
P. Henry.


word: Console₂
definition:
Console

Con"sole
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.
(b)
Any small bracket; also, a console table.

2.
(Computers)
The keyboard and monitor of a computer considered together.

3.
(Engineering)
The controlling portion of an electrical, electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the operator may observe the state of the system as indicated by gauges or on some form of display{n3}, and may direct or control the action of the system.

4.
the desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ is played.

5.
a home entertainment device such as a television, radio, phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than on a table or in a separate cabinet; -- also used attributively in the phrase console model.

Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs.


word: Consolidant
definition:
Consolidant

Con*sol"i*dant
(?)
a.
[L. consolidans, p. pr. of consolidare: cf. F. consolidant.]
Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.


word: Consolidate
definition:
Consolidate

Con*sol"i*date
(?)
a.
[L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.]
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
[R.]

A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate.
Elyot.


word: Consolidate₂
definition:
Consolidate

Con*sol"i*date
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Consolidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Consolidating (?).]
1.
To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

He fixed and consolidated the earth.
T. Burnet.

2.
To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.

Consolidating numbers into unity.
Wordsworth.

3.
(Surg.)
To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
[R.]


word: Consolidate₃
definition:
Consolidate

Con*sol"i*date
v. i.
To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate.
Bacon.


word: Consolidated
definition:
Consolidated

Con*sol"i*da`ted
(?)
p. p. & a.
1.
Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified.

The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] consolidated.
Rees.

A mass of partially consolidated mud.
Tyndall.

2.
(Bot.)
Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.

Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found.
Gray.

The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc.


word: Consolidation
definition:
Consolidation

Con*sol`i*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. consolidatio a confirming: cf. F. consolidation.]
1.
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random.
Woodward.

The consolidation of the great European monarchies.
Hallam.

2.
(Bot.)
To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

3.
(Law)
The combination of several actions into one.


word: Consolidative
definition:
Consolidative

Con*sol"i*da*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. consolidatif.]
Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.


word: Consols
definition:
Consols

Con"sols
(? or _;; 277)
n. pl.
[A contraction of consolidated (annuities).]
The leading British funded government security.

&hand_; A considerable part of the public debt of Great Britian, which had been contracted in the form of annuities yielding various rates of interest, was, in 1757, consolidated into one fund at 3 per cent interest, the account of which is kept at the Bank of England. This debt has been diminished and increased at different times, and now constitutes somewhat more than half of the entire national debt. The stocks are transferable, and their value in the market constantly fluctuates; the price at any time being regarded as a gauge of the national prosperity and public confidence.


word: Consomme
definition:
Consomme

Con`som`m"é
(?)
n.
[F., lit. p. p. of consommer to finish.]
(Cookery)
A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.


word: Consonancy
definition:
Consonancy

Consonance

{ Con"so*nance (?), Con"so*nan*cy (?) }
n.
[L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.]
1.
(Mus.)
Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

2.
Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity.
Hammond.

The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance.
Tyndall.

3.
Friendship; concord.
[Obs.]

By the consonancy of our youth.
Shak.


word: Consonant
definition:
Consonant

Con"so*nant
(?)
a.
[L. consonans, -antis; p. pr. of consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.]
1.
Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.

Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used.
Bp. Beveridge.

That where much is given there shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity.
Dr. H. More.

2.
Having like sounds.

Consonant words and syllables.
Howell.

3.
(Mus.)
harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.

4.
Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

No Russian whose dissonant consonant name
Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
T. Moore.


word: Consonant₂
definition:
Consonant

Con"so*nant
n.
[L. consonans, -antis.]
An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes, spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of them are sounds uttered through a closer position of the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are capable of being used as if vowels, and forming syllables with other closer consonants, as in the English feeble (-b'l), taken (-k'n). All the consonants excepting the mutes may be indefinitely, prolonged in utterance without the help of a vowel, and even the mutes may be produced with an aspirate instead of a vocal explosion. Vowels and consonants may be regarded as the two poles in the scale of sounds produced by gradual approximation of the organ, of speech from the most open to the closest positions, the vowel being more open, the consonant closer; but there is a territory between them where the sounds produced partake of the qualities of both.

&hand_; “A consonant is the result of audible friction, squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main distinction between vowels and consonants is, that while in the former the mouth configuration merely modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an essential element of the vowels, in consonants the narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis is something secondary.”
H. Sweet.


