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5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.] The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. Jer. Taylor.
CONFIDENT Con"fi*dent, n.
Defn: See Confidant. South. Dryden.
CONFIDENTIAL Con`fi*den"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. confidentiel.]
1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
2. Communicated in confidence; secret. "Confidential messages." 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.
CONFIDENTIALLY Con`fi*den"tial*ly, adv.
Defn: In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.
CONFIDENTLY Con"fi*dent*ly, adv.
Defn: With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
CONFIDENTNESS Con"fi*dent*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being confident.
CONFIDER Con*fid"er, n.
Defn: One who confides.
CONFIDING Con*fid"ing, a.
Defn: That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. — Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. — Con*fid"ing*ness, n.
CONFIGURATE Con*fig"ur*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. configuratus, p.p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure.]
Defn: 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.
CONFIGURATION Con*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
CONFIGURE Con*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Configured; p.pr. & vb.n. Configuring.] Etym: [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See Configurate.]
Defn: To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.
CONFINABLE Con*fin"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.
CONFINE Con*fine", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confined; p.pr. & vb.n. Confining.] Etym: [F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. — To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict.
CONFINE Con"fine or
Defn: (v. i. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; — followed by on or with. [Obs.] Where your g;oomy bounds Confine with heaven. Milton. Beywixt hezven and earth and skies there stands a place. Confuining on all three. Dryden.
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 emryrean 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.
CONFINELESS Con"fine`less ( or ), a.
Defn: Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.
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.
CONFINER Con*fin"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
CONFINER Con"fi`ner ( or , n.
Defn: 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.
CONFINITY Con*fin"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. confinité.]
Defn: Community of limits; contiguity. [R.] Bailey.
CONFIRM Con*firm", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confrmed; p.pr. & vb.n. Confirming.] Etym: [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. Annd 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.)
Defn: 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.
Syn. — To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.
CONFIRMABLE Con*firm"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be confirmed.
CONFIRMANCE Con*firm"ance, n.
Defn: Confirmation. [Obs.]
CONFIRMATION Con`fir*ma"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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)
Defn: A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, 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.
CONFIRMATIVE Con*firm"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.]
Defn: Tending confirm or establish. Sherwood. — Con*firm"a*tive*ly, adv.
CONFIRMATOR Con"fir*ma`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. Sir T. Browne.
CONFIRMATORY Con*firm"a*to*ry, a. .
Defn: Serving to confirm; corroborative. A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor.
2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton.
CONFIRMEDLY Con*firm"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: With confirmation.
CONFIRMEDNESS Con*firm"ed*ness, n.
Defn: A fixed state.
CONFIRMEE Con`fir*mee", n. Etym: [F. confirm, p.p. of confirmer.] (Law)
Defn: One to whom anuthing is confirmed.
CONFIRMER Con*firm"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. Shak.
CONFIRMINGLY Con*firm"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a confirming manner.
CONFISCABLE Con*fis"ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. confiscable.]
Defn: Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
CONFISCATE Con"fis*cate ( or , a. Etym: [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]
Defn: Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.
CONFISCATE Con"fis*cate ( or , v. t. [imp & p. p. Confiscated; p.pr & vb. n. Confiscating.]
Defn: 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.
CONFISCATION Con`fis*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. confiscatio.]
Defn: 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.
CONFISCATOR Con"fis*ca`tor, n. Etym: [L., a treasurer.]
Defn: One who confiscates. Burke.
CONFISCATORY Con*fis"ca*to*ry, a.
Defn: Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. "Confiscatory and exterminatory periods." Burke.
CONFIT Con"fit, n.
Defn: Same as Comfit. [Obs.]
CONFITENT Con"fi*tent, n. Etym: [L. confitens, p.pr.]
Defn: One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]
CONFITEOR Con*fit"e*or, n. Etym: [L., I confess. See Confess.] (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
CONFITURE Con"fi*ture ( or , n.
Defn: 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.
CONFIX Con*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing.] [L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together.]
Defn: To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] Shak.
CONFIXURE Con*fix"ure (; 135), n.
Defn: Act of fastening. [Obs.]
CONFLAGRANT Con*fla"grant, a. [L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant.]
Defn: Burning together in a common flame. [R.] "The conflagrant mass." Milton.
CONFLAGRATION Con`fla*gra"tion, n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration.]
Defn: A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope.
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.]
Defn: 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.
CONFLATION Con*fla"tion, n. [L. conflatio.]
Defn: A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [R.] Bacon.
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.
Syn. — Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See Contest.
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.
Syn. — To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle.
CONFLICTING Con*flict"ing, a.
Defn: Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.
Torn with sundry conflicting passions. Bp. Hurd.
CONFLICTIVE Con*flict"ive, a.
Defn: Tending to conflict; conflicting. Sir W. Hamilton.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CONFLUX Con"flux, n. [From L. confluxus, p. p. See Confluent.]
1. A flowing together; a meeting of currents. "The conflux of meeting sap." 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.
CONFLUXIBILITY Con*flux`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The tendency of fluids to run together. [R.] Boyle.
CONFLUXIBLE Con*flux"i*ble, a.
Defn: Inclined to flow or run together. —Con*flux"i*ble*ness, n.
CONFOCAL Con*fo"cal, a. (Math.)
Defn: Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.
CONFORM Con*form", a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.]
Defn: 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.
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.
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.]
Defn: 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.
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.
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.
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; 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.
CONFORMABLENESS Con*form"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conformable; conformability.
CONFORMABLY Con*form"a*bly, adv.
Defn: With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
Conformably to the law and nature of God. Bp. Beveridge.
CONFORMANCE Con*form"ance, n.
Defn: Conformity. [R.] Marston.
CONFORMATE Con*form"ate, a. [L. conformatus, p. p. See Conform.]
Defn: Having the same form. [R.]
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.
CONFORMATOR Con"for*ma`tor, n. [L., a framer.]
Defn: 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.
CONFORMER Con*form"er, n.
Defn: One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.
CONFORMIST Con*form"ist, n.
Defn: 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.
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.
CONFORTATION Con`for*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf. Comfort.]
Defn: The act of strengthening. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONFOUND Con*found" (kon*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.
Syn. — To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.
CONFOUNDED Con*found"ed, a.
1. Confused; perplexed.
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.
CONFOUNDEDLY Con*found"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.
CONFOUNDEDNESS Con*found"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being confounded.
Their witty descant of my confoundedness. Milton.
CONFOUNDER Con*found"er, n.
Defn: One who confounds.
CONFRACT Con"fract`, a. [L. confractus, p. p. of confringere.]
Defn: Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.]
CONFRAGOSE Con`fra*gose", a. [L. confragosus; con- + fragosus, fr. frangere. See Fragile.]
Defn: Broken; uneven. [Obs.] "Confragose cataracts." Evelyn.
CONFRATERNITY Con`fra*ter"ni*ty, n.; pl. Confraternities (#). [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternité. See Fraternity.]
Defn: A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.
These live in one society and confraternity. Stow.
CONFRERE Con`frere", n. [F.]
Defn: Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.
CONFRICATION Con`fri*ca"tion, n. [L. confricatio, fr. confricare to rub vigorously.]
Defn: A rubbing together; friction. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONFRIER Con*fri"er, n. [Cf. F. confrère. See Friar.]
Defn: A confrère. [Obs.] Weever.
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.
CONFRONTATION Con`fron*ta"tion, n. [LL. confrontatio.]
Defn: Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
CONFRONTE Con`fron`té", a. [F., p. p. confronter.] (Her.)
Defn: Same as Affronté.
CONFRONTER Con*front"er, n.
Defn: One who confronts.
A confronter in authority. Speed.
CONFRONTING confronting n.
Defn: dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. — braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
CONFRONTMENT Con*front"ment, n.
Defn: The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
CONFRONTMENT Con*front"ment, n.
Defn: The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
CONFUCIAN Con*fu"cian, a.
Defn: Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher. — n.
Defn: A Confucianist.
CONFUCIANISM Con*fu"cian*ism, n.
Defn: 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.
CONFUCIANIST Con*fu"cian*ist, n.
Defn: A follower of Confucius; a Confucian. S. W. Williams.
CONFUS Con*fus, a. [F. See Confuse, a.]
Defn: Confused, disturbed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CONFUSABILITY Con*fus`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being confused.
CONFUSABLE Con*fus"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being confused.
CONFUSE Con*fuse", a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.]
Defn: Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] Baret.
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.
Syn. — To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.
CONFUSEDLY Con*fus"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a confused manner.
CONFUSEDNESS Con*fus"ed*ness, n.
Defn: A state of confusion. Norris.
CONFUSELY Con*fuse"ly, adv.
Defn: Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs.]
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.
CONFUSIVE Con*fu"sive, a.
Defn: Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
CONFUTABLE Con*fut"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be confuted.
A conceit . . . confutable by daily experience. Sir T.Browne.
CONFUTANT Con*fut"ant, n. [L. confutans, p. pr. of confutare.]
Defn: One who undertakes to confute. Milton.
CONFUTATION Con`fu*ta"tion, n. [L. confutatio: cf. F. confutation.]
Defn: The act or process of confuting; refutation. "For the edification of some and the confutation of others." Bp. Horne.
CONFUTATIVE Con*fut"a*tive, a.
Defn: Adapted or designed to confute. Bp. Warburton
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.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. — To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn. — To Confute, Refute. Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, "the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him."
CONFUTEMENT Con*fute"ment, n.
Defn: Confutation. [Obs.] Milton.
CONFUTER Con*fut"er, n.
Defn: One who confutes or disproves.
CONG Cong, n. (Med.)
Defn: An abbreviation of Congius.
CONGE Con"ge, v. i. [Imp. & p. p. Congeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Congeing.] [OF. congier, congeer, F. congédier, fr. congé. See Congé, n.]
Defn: To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.
I have congeed with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest. Shak.
CONGE Con`gé" (kôN`zhay"; E. kon"je; 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.
Congé 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.
CONGEABLE Con"ge*a*ble, a. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.
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.
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.
CONGEAL Con*geal", v. i.
Defn: 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.
Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shak.
CONGEALABLE Con*geal"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. congelable.]
Defn: Capable of being congealed. —Con*geal"a*ble*ness, n.
CONGEALEDNESS Con*geal"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being congealed. Dr. H.More.
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.
CONGEE Con"gee, n. & v.
Defn: See Congé, Conge. [Obs.]
And unto her his congee came to take. Spenser.
CONGEE Con*gee", n.
1. [Tamil kashi boilings.]
Defn: 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.
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.
CONGENER Con"ge*ner (; 277), n. [From L. congener. See Congenerous.]
Defn: 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.
CONGENERACY Con*gen"er*a*cy, n.
Defn: Similarity of origin; affinity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CONGENERIC; CONGENERICAL Con`ge*ner"ic, Con`ge*ner"ic*al, a.
Defn: Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. R. Owen.
CONGENEROUS Con*gen"er*ous, a. [L. congener; con- + genus, generis, birth, kind, race. See Genus, and cf. Congener.]
Defn: Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
— Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Hallywell.
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.
2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. "Congenial clime." C. J. Fox.
To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is its congenial work. I. Taylor.
CONGENIALITY Con*ge`ni*al"i*ty ( or ; 106), n.
Defn: 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.
CONGENIALIZE Con*gen"ial*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make congenial. [R.]
CONGENIALLY Con*gen"ial*ly, adv.
Defn: In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.
CONGENIALNESS Con*gen"ial*ness, n.
Defn: Congeniality.
CONGENIOUS Con*gen"ious, a.
Defn: Congeneric. [Obs.]
CONGENITAL Con*gen"i*tal, a. Etym: [From Congenite.]
Defn: Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.
CONGENITALLY Con*gen"i*tal*ly, dv.
Defn: In a congenital manner.
CONGENITE Con*gen"ite, a. Etym: [L. congenitus; con- + genitus, p.p. of gignere to beget. See Generate.]
Defn: Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [Obs.] Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us. Sir M. Hale.
CONGER Con"ger, n. Etym: [L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. congre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The conger eel; — called also congeree. Conger sea (Zoöl.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.
CONGERIES Con*ge"ri*es, n. sing & pl. Etym: [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.]
Defn: A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.
CONGEST Con*gest", v. t. Etym: [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.)
Defn: To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
CONGESTED Con*gest"ed, a.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Crowded together. Gray.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; — said of any part of the body.
CONGESTION Con*ges"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
CONGESTIVE Con*gest"ive, a. (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.
CONGIARY Con"gi*a*ry, n.; pl. Congiaries. Etym: [L. congiarium, fr. congius a liquid measure.]
Defn: 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.
Note: In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained.
CONGIUS Con"gi*us, n. Etym: [L.]
1. (Roman Antiq.)
Defn: A liquid measure containing about three quarts.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong.]
CONGLACIATE Con*gla"ci*ate (; 221), v. t. & i. Etym: [L. conglaciatus, p.p. of conglaciare. See Glaciate.]
Defn: To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CONGLACIATION Con*gla`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. conglaciation.]
Defn: The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon.
CONGLOBATE Con*glo"bate, a. Etym: [L. conglobatus, p.p. of conglobare to conglobate. See Globate.]
Defn: Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.
CONGLOBATE Con*glo"bate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglobated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglobating.] Etym: [Cf. Conglore.]
Defn: To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together. Conglobated bubbles undissolved. Wordsworth.
CONGLOBATION Con`glo*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglobatio: cf. F. conglobation.]
1. The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne.
2. A round body.
CONGLOBE Con*globe", v. t. [imp & p. p. Conglobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing.] Etym: [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate.]
Defn: To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton.
CONGLOBE Con*globe", v. i.
Defn: To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. Milton.
CONGLOBULATE Con*glob"u*late, v. i. Etym: [Pref. con- + globule.]
Defn: To gather into a small round mass.
CONGLOMERATE Con*glom"er*ate, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.
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.)
Defn: 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.
CONGLOMERATE Con*glom"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglomerated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglomerating.]
Defn: To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
CONGLOMERATION Con*glom`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.]
Defn: The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.
CONGLUTIN Con*glu"tin, n. Etym: [From Conglutinate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.
CONGLUTINANT Con*glu"ti*nant, a. Etym: [L., conglutinans, p.pr.]
Defn: Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.
CONGLUTINATE Con*glu"ti*nate, a. Etym: [L. conglutinatus, p.p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]
Defn: Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
CONGLUTINATE Con*glu"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglutinated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglutinating.]
Defn: 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.
CONGLUTINATE Con*glu"ti*nate, v. i.
Defn: To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.
CONGLUTINATION Con*glu`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination.]
Defn: A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot.
CONGLUTINATIVE Con*glu"ti*na"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conglutinatif.]
Defn: Conglutinant.
CONGO; CONGOU Con"go, Con"gou, n. Etym: [Chin. kung-foo labor.]
Defn: Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. 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.
CONGO GROUP Con"go group. [From Congo red.]
Defn: 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.
CONGO RED Congo red. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
CONGO SNAKE Con"go snake". (Zoöl.)
Defn: An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.
CONGRATULANT Con*grat"u*lant, a. Etym: [L. congratulans, p. pr.]
Defn: Rejoicing together; congratulatory. With like joy Congratulant approached him. Milton.
CONGRATULATE Con*grat"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congratulated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congratulating.] Etym: [L. congratulatus, p.p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. — To Congratulate, Felicitate. To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event. Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy. Trench.
CONGRATULATE Con*grat"u*late, v. i.
Defn: To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. [R.] Swift. The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves. Dryden.
CONGRATULATION Con*grat`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. congratulatio: cf. F. congratulation.]
Defn: The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure. With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival. Dr. J. Scott.
CONGRATULATOR Con*grat"u*la`tor, n.
Defn: One who offers congratulation. Milton.
CONGRATULATORY Con*grat"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
CONGREE Con*gree", v. i. Etym: [Pref.on-+ L. gratus pleasing. Cf. Agree.]
Defn: To agree. [bs.] Shak.
CONGREET Con*greet", v. t.
Defn: To salute mutually. [Obs.]
CONGREGATE Con"gre*gate, a. Etym: [L. congregatus, p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
Defn: Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
CONGREGATE Con"gre*gate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congregated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congregating]
Defn: 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.
CONGREGATE Con"gre*gate, v. i.
Defn: To come together; to assemble; to meet. Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.
CONGREGATION Con`gre*ga"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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 departament 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.)
Defn: the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
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.
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.
Note: 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.
CONGREGATIONALIST Con`gre*ga"tion*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.
CONGRESS Con"gress, n.; pl. Congresses. Etym: [L. congressus, fr. congredi, p.p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- + grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr. See Grade.]
1. A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter. [Obs.] Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there;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.
Note: 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 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.
Syn. — Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council; diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.
CONGRESSION Con*gres"sion ( or , n. Etym: [L. congressio.]
Defn: 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.
CONGRESSIONAL Con*gres"sion*al, a.
Defn: 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.
CONGRESSIVE Con*gres"sive, a.
Defn: Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
CONGRESSMAN Con"gress*man, n.; pl. Congressmen (.
Defn: A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
CONGREVE ROCKET Con"greve rock"et.
Defn: See under Rocket.
CONGRUE Con"grue", v. i. Etym: [L. congruere. See Congruous.]
Defn: To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak.
CONGRUENCE Con"gru*ence, n. Etym: [L. congruentia: cf. OF. cornguence.]
Defn: Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency. Holland.
CONGRUENCY Con"gru*en*cy ( or ), n.
Defn: Congruence. Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n.
CONGRUENT Con"gru*ent, a. Etym: [L. congruens, p.pr. of congruere: cf. F. congruent.]
Defn: Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding. The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B. Jonson. Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.
CONGRUISM Con"gru*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. congruisme.] (Scholastic Theol.)
Defn: See Congruity.
CONGRUITY Con*gru"i*ty ( or , n.; pl. Congruities. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.
3. (Scholastic Theol.)
Defn: That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.
CONGRUOUS Con"gru*ous, a. Etym: [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
Defn: 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.
CONGRUOUSLY Con"gru*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a congruous manner.
CONHYDRINE Con*hy"drine ( or , n. Etym: [Conium + hydrate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.
CONIA Co*ni"a ( or , n. Etym: [NL. See Conium.] (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Conine.
CONIC; CONICAL Con"ic, Con"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. 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.
CONIC Con"ic, n. (Math.)
Defn: A conic section.
CONICALITY Con`i*cal"i*ty, n.
Defn: Conicalness.
CONICALLY Con"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the form of a cone.
CONICALNESS Con"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being conical.
CONICO- Con"i*co- (, a. Etym: [See Conic.]
Defn: A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico- hemispherical; conico-subulate.
CONICOID Con"i*coid, a. Etym: [Conic + -oid.] (Math.)
Defn: Same as Conoidal.
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.
CONIDIUM Co*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Conida. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.
CONIFER Co"ni*fer, n. Etym: [L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conifère.] (Bot.)
Defn: A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.
CONIFERIN Co*nif"er*in, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
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.
CONIFORM Co"ni*form, a. Etym: [Cone + -form: cf. F. coniforme.]
Defn: Cone-shaped; conical.
CONIINE Co*ni"ine ( or , n.
Defn: See Conine.
CONIMENE Co"ni*mene, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Olibene.
CONINE Co"nine ( or , n. Etym: [From Conium.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
CONIROSTER Co`ni*ros"ter, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Conirostres.
CONIROSTRAL Co`ni*ros"tral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Conirostres.
CONIROSTRES Co`ni*ros"tres, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.
CONISOR Con`i*sor", n. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Cognizor.
CONISTRA Co*nis"tra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.)
Defn: 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.
CONITE Co"nite, n. Etym: [Gr. conite. So called on account of its gray color.] (Min.)
Defn: A magnesian variety of dolomite.
CONIUM Co*ni"um ( or , n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.
2. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
CONJECT Con*ject", v. t. Etym: [L. conjectus, p.p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n.]
Defn: To throw together, or to throw. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
CONJECT Con*ject", v. t.
Defn: To conjecture; also, to plan. [Obs.]
CONJECTOR Con*ject"or, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.] A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton.
CONJECTURABLE Con*jec"tur*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being conjectured or guessed.
CONJECTURAL Con*jec"tur*al, a. Etym: [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.]
Defn: 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.
CONJECTURALIST Con*jec"tur*al*ist, n.
Defn: A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev.
CONJECTURALLY Con*jec`tur*al"ly, n.
Defn: That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
CONJECTURALLY Con*jec`tur*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.
CONJECTURE Con*jec"ture, n. Etym: [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.]
Defn: 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.
CONJECTURE Con*jec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjectured; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjecturing.] Etym: [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.]
Defn: 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.
CONJECTURE Con*jec"ture, v. i.
Defn: To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
CONJECTURER Con*jec"tur*er, n.
Defn: One who conjectures. Hobbes.
CONJOIN Con*join, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjoined; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjoining.] Etym: [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.]
Defn: 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.
CONJOIN Con*join", v. i.
Defn: To unite; to join; to league. Shak.
CONJOINED Con*joined", a. (Her.)
Defn: Joined together or touching.
CONJOINT Con*joint", a. Etym: [F. conjoint, p.p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.]
Defn: United; connected; associated. "Influence 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.
CONJOINTLY Con*joint"ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.
CONJOINTNESS Con*joint"ness, n.
Defn: The qquality of being conjoint.
CONJUBILANT Con*ju"bi*lant, a.
Defn: Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] Neale.
CONJUGAL Con"ju*gal, a. Etym: [L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin.]
Defn: Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. "Conjugal affection." Milton.
CONJUGALITY Con`ju*gal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] Milton.
CONJUGALLY Con"ju*gal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.
CONJUGATE Con"ju*gate, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: In single pairs; coupled.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.]
4. (Gram.)
Defn: Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; — said of words.
5. (Math.)
Defn: 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.
CONJUGATE Con`ju*gate, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical. [R.]
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.)
Defn: To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.
CONJUGATE Con"ju*gate, v. i. (Biol.)
Defn: To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.
CONJUGATION Con`ju*ga"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
CONJUGATIONAL Con`ju*ga"tion*al, a.
Defn: relating to conjugation. Ellis.
CONJUGIAL Con*ju"gi*al, a. Etym: [L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal.]
Defn: Conjugal. [R.] Swedenborg.
CONJUGIUM Con*ju"gi*um, n. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Law)
Defn: The marriage tie.
CONJUNCT Con*junct", a. Etym: [L. conjunctus, p.p. See Conjoin.]
1. United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic]
2. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Conjoined.
CONJUNCTION Con*junc"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.)
Defn: 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.
CONJUNCTIONAL Con*junc"tion*al, a.
Defn: Relating to a conjunction.
CONJUNCTIVA Con`junc*ti"va, n. Etym: [NL., from L. conjunctivus connective.] (Anat.)
Defn: The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrance.
CONJUNCTIVAL Con`junc*ti"val, a.
1. Joining; connecting.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva.
CONJUNCTIVE Con*junc"tive, a. Etym: [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.
CONJUNCTIVELY Con*junc"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In conjunction or union; together. Sir T. Browne.
CONJUNCTIVENESS Con*junc"tive*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson.
CONJUNCTIVITIS Con*junc`ti*vi"tis ( or , n. (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
CONJUNCTLY Con*junct"ly, adv.
Defn: In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONJUNCTURE Con*junc"ture, n. Etym: [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.
CONJURATION Con`ju*ra"tion, n. Etym: [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.] "The conjuration of Catiline." Sir T. Elyot.
CONJURATOR Con"ju*ra`tor, n. Etym: [LL.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator. Burrill.
CONJURE Con*jure", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjured; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjuring.] Etym: [F. conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire; con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.]
Defn: 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.
CONJURE Con*jure", v. i.
Defn: To combine together by an eath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism] Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.
CONJURE Con"jure, v. t.
Defn: 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.
CONJURE Con"jure, v. i.
Defn: To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. She conjures; away with her. Shak.
CONJUREMENT Con*jure"ment, n.
Defn: Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.] Milton.
CONJURER Con*jur"er, n.
Defn: One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
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.
CONJUROR Con*ju"ror, n. (Law)
Defn: One bound by a common cath with others. [Obs.]
CONJURY Con"ju*ry, n.
Defn: The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley.
CONN Conn, v. t.
Defn: See Con, to direct a ship.
CONNASCENCE; CONNASCENCY Con*nas"cence, Con*nas"cen*cy, n. Etym: [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.
CONNASCENT Con*nas"cent, a.
Defn: Born together; produced at the same time. Craig.
CONNATE Con"nate, a. Etym: [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 notions." 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.)
Defn: 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.
CONNATE-PERFOLIATE Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
CONNATION Con*na"tion, n.
Defn: Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CONNATURAL Con*nat"u*ral, a. Etym: [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.
CONNATURALITY Con*nat`u*ral"i*ty, n.
Defn: Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [R.] A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale.
CONNATURALIZE Con*nat"u*ral*ize, v. t.
Defn: To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.
CONNATURALLY Con*nat"u*ral*ly, adv.
Defn: By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale.
CONNATURALNESS Con*nat"u*ral*ness, n.
Defn: Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton.
CONNATURE Con*na"ture, n.
Defn: 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.
CONNECT Con*nect", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connected; p.pr. & vb.n. Connecting.] Etym: [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, connect and equals all. Pope. A man must 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. 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.
CONNECT Con*nect", v. i.
Defn: To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.
CONNECTEDLY Con*nect"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a connected manner.
CONNECTION Con*nec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. Connexion.]
1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship. He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.
2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie. Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. I. Taylor.
3. 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. In this connection, in connection with this subject.
Note: [A phrase objected to by some writers.]
Note: 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.
Syn. — Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.
CONNECTIVE Con*nect"ive, a.
Defn: Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.
CONNECTIVE Con*nect"ive, n.
Defn: That which connects. Specifically: (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.
CONNECTIVELY Con*nect"ive*ly, adv.
Defn: In connjunction; jointly.
CONNECTOR Con*nect"or, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, connects; as: (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.
CONNER Con"ner, n. Etym: [Cf. Cunner.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.
CONNEX Con*nex", v. t. Etym: [L. connexus, p.p. See Connect.]
Defn: To connect. Sir M. Hale.
CONNEXION Con*nex"ion, n. Etym: [L. connexio: cf. F. connexion.]
Defn: Connection. See Connection.
CONNEXIVE Con*nex"ive, a.
Defn: See Connective.
CONNING TOWER Con"ning tow"er, n.
Defn: The shotproof pilot house of a war vessel.
CONNIVANCE Con*niv"ance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.]
1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co
2. (Law)
Defn: Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.
Syn. — See Collusion.
CONNIVE Con*nive", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Connived; p.pr. & vb.n. Conniving.] Etym: [L. connivere to shut the eues, 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.
CONNIVE Con*nive", v. t.
Defn: To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs.] "Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed." Milton.
CONNIVENCY Con*niv"en*cy, n.
Defn: Connivance. [Obs.]
CONNIVENT Con*niv"ent, a. Etym: [L. connivens, p. pr.]
1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
CONNIVER Con*niv"er, n.
Defn: One who connives.
CONNOISSEUR Con`nois*seur", n. Etym: [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, amd cf. Cognizor.]
Defn: 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.
CONNOISSEURSHIP Con`nois*seur"ship, n.
Defn: State of being a connoisseur.
CONNOTATE Con"no*tate, v. t. Etym: [L. con- + notatus, p.p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote.]
Defn: To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond.
CONNOTATION Con`no*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. connotation.]
Defn: The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
CONNOTATIVE Con*no"ta*tive ( or ), a.
1. Implying something additional; illative.
2. (Log.)
Defn: Implying an attribute. See Connote. Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill.
CONNOTATIVELY Con*no"ta*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.
CONNOTE Con*note", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connoted; p.pr. & vb.n. Connoting.] Etym: [See Connotate, and Note.]
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)
Defn: 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.
CONNUBIAL Con*nu"bi*al, a. Etym: [L. connubialis, fr. connubium marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital.]
Defn: 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.
CONNUBIALITY Con*nu`bi*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: 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.
CONNUMERATION Con*nu`mer*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. connumeratio, fr. L. connumerare, - numeratum, to number with.]
Defn: A reckoning together. [R.] Porson.
CONNUSANCE Con"nu*sance, n. (Law)
Defn: See Cognizance. [Obs.]
CONNUSANT Con"nu*sant, a. (Law)
Defn: See Cognizant. [Obs.]
CONNUSOR Con`nu*sor", n. (Law)
Defn: See Cognizor. [Obs.]
CONNUTRITIOUS Con`nu*tri"tious, a.
Defn: Nutritious by force of habit; — said of certain kinds of food. [Obs.] Crabb.
CONNY Con"ny, a. [Canny, Gunning.]
Defn: Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
CONODONT Co"no*dont, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
CONOID Co"noid, n. Etym: [Gr. 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.
CONOID Co"noid
Defn: , Resembling a cone; conoidal.
CONOIDAL Co*noid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conoïdal.]
Defn: Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley.
CONOIDIC; CONOIDICAL Co*noid"ic, Co*noid"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.
CONOMINEE Co*nom`i*nee", n.
Defn: One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.
CONQUADRATE Con*quad"rate, v. t. Etym: [L. conquadratus, p.p. of conquadrare.]
Defn: To bring into a square. [R.] Ash.
CONQUASSATE Con*quas"sate, v. t. Etym: [L. conquassatus, p.p. of conquassare.]
Defn: To shake; to agitate. [Obs.] Harvey. — Con`quas*sa"tion, n. [Obs.]
CONQUER Con"quer, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conquered; p.pr. & vb.n. Conquering.] Etym: [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. "If thou conquer Rome." 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, temptatin, 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.
Syn. — To subdue; vanquish; overcome; overpower; overthrow; defeat; rout; discomfit; subjugate; reduce; humble; crush; surmount; subject; master. — To Conquer, Vanquish, Subdue, Subjugate, Overcome. These words agree in the general idea expressed by overcome, — that of bringing under one's power by the exertion of force. Conquer is wider and more general than vanquish, denoting usually a succession of conflicts. Vanquish is more individual, and refers usually to a single conflict. Thus, Alexander conquered Asia in a succession of battles, and vanquished Darius in one decisive engagement. Subdue implies a more gradual and continual pressure, but a surer and more final subjection. We speak of a nation as subdued when its spirit is at last broken, so that no further resistance is offered. Subjugate is to bring completely under the yoke of bondage. The ancient Gauls were never finally subdued by the Romans until they were completely subjugated. These words, when used figuratively, have correspondent meanings. We conquer our prejudices or aversions by a succesion of conflicts; but we sometimes vanquish our reluctance to duty by one decided effort: we endeavor to subdue our evil propensities by watchful and persevering exertions. Subjugate is more commonly taken in its primary meaning, and when used figuratively has generally a bad sense; as, his reason was completely subjugated to the sway of his passions.
CONQUER Con"quer, v. i.
Defn: 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.
CONQUERABLE Con*quer*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being conquered or subdued. South. — Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.
CONQUERESS Con"quer*ess, n.
Defn: A woman who conquers. Fairfax.
CONQUEROR Con"quer*or, n. Etym: [OF. conquereor, fr. conquerre,]
Defn: 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.
CONQUEST Con"quest, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. Blackstone.
4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful strugle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace. The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066.
Syn. — Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.
CONQUIAN Con"qui*an, n. (Card Playing)
Defn: A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each player tries to form three or four of a kind or sequences.
CONSANGUINEAL Con`san*guin"e*al, a.
Defn: Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne.
CONSANGUINED Con*san"guined, a.
Defn: Of kin blood; related. [R.] Johnson.
CONSANGUINEOUS Con`san*guin"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine.]
Defn: Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.
CONSANGUINITY Con`san*guin"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintit.]
Defn: The relation of person by blood, is distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity. Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott.
CONSARCINATION Con*sar`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. consarcinare, -natum, to patch together.]
Defn: A patching together; patchwork. [Obs.] Bailey.
CONSCIENCE Con"science, n. Etym: [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.
CONSCIENCED Con"scienced, a.
Defn: Having a conscience. [R.] "Soft-conscienced men." Shak.
CONSCIENCELESS Con"science*less, a.
Defn: Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous. Conscienceless and wicked patrons. Hookre.
CONSCIENT Con"scient, a. Etym: [L. consciens, -entis, p.pr.]
Defn: Conscious. [R.] Bacon.
CONSCIENTIOUS Con`sci*en"tious, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. — Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright.
CONSCIENTIOUSLY Con`sci*en"tious*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS Con`sci*en"tious*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.
CONSCIONABLE Con"scion*a*ble, a. Etym: [Irregularly formed fr. conscience.]
Defn: Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just. Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction. Sir H. Wotton.
CONSCIONABLENESS Con"scion*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson.
CONSCIONABLY Con"scion*a*bly, adv.
Defn: Reasonably; justly.
CONSCIOUS Con"scious, a. Etym: [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.
Syn. — Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.
CONSCIOUSLY Con"scious*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.
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.
CONSCRIBE Con*scribe", v. t. Etym: [L. conscribere. See Conscript.]
Defn: To enroll; to enlist. [Obs.] E. Hall.
CONSCRIPT Con"script, a. Etym: [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Defn: 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.
CONSCRIPT Con"script, n.
Defn: One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
CONSCRIPT Con*script", v. t.
Defn: To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
CONSCRIPTION Con*scrip"tion, n. Etym: [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.
CONSCRIPTION Con*scrip"tion, a.
Defn: Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.
CONSECRATE Con"se*crate, a. Etym: [L. consceratus, p.p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.]
Defn: Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.
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.
Syn. — See Addict.
CONSECRATER Con"se*cra`ter, n.
Defn: Consecrator.
CONSECRATION Con`se*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. consecratio: cf. F. consécration.]
Defn: 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 solemny declares it so. South.
CONSECRATOR Con"se*cra`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Written also consecrater.]
CONSECRATORY Con"se*cra*to*ry ( or ), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory. The consecratory prayer. Bp. Burnet.
CONSECTANEOUS Con`sec*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. consectaneus.]
Defn: Following as a matter of course. Blount.
CONSECTARY Con"sec*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. consectarius, fr. consectari to follow after eagerly; con- + sectari to follow eagerly, fr. sequi to follow.]
Defn: Following by consequence; consequent; deducible. [R.] "Consectary impieties." Sir T. Browne.
CONSECTARY Con"sec*ta*ry, n.
Defn: That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary. [R.] Milton.
CONSECUTE Con"se*cute, v. t.
Defn: To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
CONSECUTION Con`se*cu"tion, n. Etym: [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.
CONSECUTIVE Con*sec"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consécutif. See Consequent.]
1. Following in a train; suceeding 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.)
Defn: 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 suceeding one another without interruption.
CONSECUTIVELY Con*sec"u*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.
CONSECUTIVENESS Con*sec"u*tive*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being consecutive.
CONSENSION Con*sen"sion, n. Etym: [L. consensio.]
Defn: Agreement; accord. Bentley.
CONSENSUAL Con*sen"su*al, a. Etym: [See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual.]
1. (Law)
Defn: Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
CONSENSUS Con*sen"sus, n. Etym: [L. See Consent.]
Defn: Agreement; accord; consent. That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor.
CONSENT Con*sent", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consented; p.pr. & vb.n Consenting.] Etym: [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.
Syn. — To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede; permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.
CONSENT Con*sent", v. t.
Defn: To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. [Obs.] Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton.
CONSENT Con*sent", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. consent.]
1. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord. All with one consent began to make exuse. Luke xiv. 18. They feil 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)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
Syn. — Assent; acquiescence; concurrence; agreement; approval; permission. See Assent. 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.
CONSENTANEITY Con*sen`ta*ne"i*ty, n.
Defn: Mutual agreement. [R.]
CONSENTANEOUS Con`sen*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. consentaneus.]
Defn: Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. — Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. — Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
CONSENTANT Con*sent"ant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of consentir.]
Defn: Consenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CONSENTER Con*sent"er, a.
Defn: One who consents.
CONSENTIENT Con*sen"tient, a. Etym: [L. consentients, p. pr. See Consent.]
Defn: Agreeing in mind; accordant. The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson.
CONSENTINGLY Con*sent"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor.
CONSEQUENCE Con"se*quence, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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.
Syn. — Effect; result; end. See Effect.
CONSEQUENCING Con"se*quen`cing, n.
Defn: Drawing inference. [R.] Milton.
CONSEQUENT Con"se*quent, a. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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.
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)
Defn: That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
3. (Math.)
Defn: The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.
CONSEQUENTIAL Con`se*quen"tial, a.
1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequenment. 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.
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.
CONSEQUENTIALNESS Con`se*quen"tial*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being consequential.
CONSEQUENTLY Con"se*quent*ly, adv.
Defn: By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.
Syn. — See Accordingly.
CONSERTION Con*ser"tion, n. Etym: [L. consertio, fr. conserere, -sertum to connect; con- + serere to join.]
Defn: Junction; adaptation [R.] Consertion of design, how exquisite. Young.
CONSERVABLE Con*serv"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. conservabilitis.]
Defn: Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.
CONSERVANCY Con*serv"an*cy, n.
Defn: 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.