CON-JU-RATION, n. The act of using certain words or ceremonies to obtain the aid of a superior being; the act of summoning in a sacred name; the practice of arts to expel evil spirits, allay storms, or perform supernatural or extraordinary acts.

CON-JURE, v. t. [L. conjuro.] 1. To call on or summon by a sacred name, or in a solemn manner; to implore with solemnity. 2. To bind two or more by an oath; to unite in a common design. Hence, intransitively, to conspire; [not usual.]

CONJURE, v. t. To expel, to drive or to affect in some manner, by magic arts, as by invoking the Supreme Being, or by the use of certain words, characters or ceremonies, to engage supernatural influence.

CON JURE, v. i. 1. To practice the arts of a conjurer; to use arts to engage the aid of spirits in performing some extraordinary act.-2. In a vulgar sense, to behave very strangely; to act like a witch; to play tricks. CON-JURED, (kon-jürd') pp. Bound by an oath.

CON-JORE MENT, n. Serious injunction; solemn demand.

Milton.

CONJUR-ER, n. One who practices conjuration; one who pretends to the secret art of performing things supernatural or extraordinary, by the aid of superior powers. Ironically, a man of shrewd conjecture; a man of sagacity. CON-JORING, pp. Enjoining or imploring solemnly. CON-NASCENCE, n. [L. con and nascor.] 1. The common birth of two or more at the same time; production of two or more together. 2. A being born or produced with another. 3. The act of growing together, or at the same time.

CON NATE, a. [L. con and natus.] 1. Born with another being of the same birth.-2. In botany, united in origin; growing from one base; united into one body.

CON-NATU-RAL, a. 1. Connected by nature, united in nature; born with another. 2. Participating of the same

nature.

CON-NAT-U-RALI-TY, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union.

CON-NATU-RAL-IZE, v. t. To connect by nature; to make natural. Scott.

CON-NAT'U-RAL-LY, adv. By the act of nature; originally. Hale.

CON-NATU-RAL-NESS, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. Pearson.

CON-NECT', v. t. [L. connecto.] 1. To knit or link together; to tie or fasten together. 2. To join or unite; to conjoin, in almost any manner, either by janction, by any intervening means, or by order and relation. ΕΟΝ-ΝΕΕΤ', v. i. To join, unite or cohere; to have a close relation.

CON-NEF/TION, n. [L. connexio.] The act of joining, or state of being joined; a state of being knit or fastened together; union by junction, by an intervening substance or medium, by dependence or relation, or by order in a series; a word of very general import. CON-NECTIVE, a. Having the power of connecting. CON-NECTIVE, n. In grammar, a word that connects other words and sentences; a conjunction. Harris. CON-NECTIVE-LY, adv. In union or conjunction; jointly. Swift.

† CON-NEX', v. t. [L. connexum.] To link together; to join. Hall.

ΘΟΝ-ΝΕΧΙΟΝ, n. Connection. [But for the sake of regular analogy, I have inserted connection, as the derivative of the English connect, and would discard connexion.] CON-NEXIVE, a. Connective; having the power to connect; uniting; conjunctive. [Little used.] CON-NIC-TATION, n. [L. connicto.] A winking. Dict. CON-NIVIANCE, n. Properly, the act of winking. Hence, figuratively, voluntary blindness to an act; intentional forbearance to see a fault or other act, generally implying consent to it.

ΕΟΝ-NIVE, v. i. [L. conniveo.] 1. To wink; to close and open the eyelids rapidly. 2. In a figurative sense, to close the eyes upon a fault or other act; to pretend ignorance or blindness; to forbear to see; to overlook a fault. CON-NIV/EN-CY, n. Connivance, which see.

CON-NIV/ENT, a. 1. Shutting the eyes; forbearing to see. -2. In anatomy, the connivent valves are those wrinkles, cellules and vascules, which are found on the inside of the two intestines, ilium and jejunum.-3. In botany, closely united; converging together. Eaton.

CON-NIVIER, n. One who connives. CON-NIVING, ppr. Closing the eyes against faults; permitting faults to pass uncensured.

*CON-NOIS-SEÜR', (kon-nis-süre', or ko-nis-saur') n. [Fr.] A person well versed in any subject; a skilful or knowing person; a critical judge or master of any art, particularly of painting and sculpture.

CON-NOIS-SEUR/SHIP, n. The skill of a connoisseur. CON NO-TATE, v. t. [con and note; L. noto.] To designate with something else; to imply. [Little used.] Hammond.

CON/NY, a. [W..cono.] Brave; fine. [Local.] Grose. CONOID, n. [Gr. κωνοειδης.] 1. In geometry, a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis.-2. In anatomy, a gland in the third ventricle of the brain.

CO-NOIDI-CAL,aining to a conoid, having the

form of

CON-QUAS/SATE, v. t [L. conquasso.] To shake. [Little used.] Harvey.

| CON-QUAS-SATION, n. Agitation; concussion. CONQUER, (kon'ker) v. t. [Fr. conquerir.] 1. To subdue; to reduce, by physical force, till resistance is no longer made; to overcome; to vanquish. 2. To gain by force; to win; to take possession by violent means; to gain do minion or sovereignty over. 3. To subdue opposition or resistance of the will by moral force; to overcome by argument, persuasion or other influence. 4. To overcome, as difficulties; to surmount, as obstacles; to subdue whatever opposes. 5. To gain or obtain by effort.

CONQUER, v. i. To overcome; to gain the victory. CONQUER-A-BLE, a. That may be conquered, overcome or subdued.

CON QUER-A-BLE-NESS, n. Possibility of being overcome CON QUERED, pp. Overcome; subdued; vanquished, gained; won.

CONQUER-ESS, n. A female who conquers; a victorious female.

CONQUER-ING, ppr. Overcoming; subduing; vanquishing; obtaining.

CON QUER-OR, n. One who conquers; one who gains a victory; one who subdues and brings into subjection or possession, by force or by influence.

CON QUEST, n. [Fr. conquête.] 1. The act of conquering; the act of overcoming or vanquishing opposition by force, physical or mora. 2. Victory; success in arms; the overcoming of opposition. 3. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. 4. In a feudal sense, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance. Blackstone.-5. In the law of nations, the acquisition of sovereignty by force of arms. 6. The act of gaining or regaining by effort. CON-SAN-GUIN/E-OUS, a. [L. consanguineus.] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

CON-SAN-GUINI-TY, n. [L. consanguinitas.] The relation of persons by blood; the relation or connection of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor.

CON-SAR-CIN-ATION, n. The act of patching together.

Dict.

CON SCIENCE, (kon'shens) n. [Fr., from L. conscientia.] 1. Internal or self-knowledge, or judgment of right and wrong; or the faculty, power or principle within us, which decides on the lawfulness or unlawfulness of our own actions and affections, and instantly approves or, condemns them. It is called by some writers the moral sense. 2. The estimate or determination of conscience, justice; honesty. 3. Real sentiment; private thoughts; truth. 4. Consciousness; knowledge of our own actions or thoughts. This primary sense of the word is nearly, perhaps wholly, obsolete. 5. Knowledge of the actions of others. 6. In ludicrous language, reason or reasonableness. To make conscience, or a matter of conscience, is to act according to the dictates of conscience. Court of conscience, a court established for the recovery of small debts in London, and other trading cities and districts. CON SCIENCED, a. Having conscience. CONSCIENT, a. Conscious. Bacon,

CON-SCI-EN TIOUS, (kon-she-en shus) a. 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. 2. Regulated by conscience; according to the dictates of conscience.

CON-SCI-EN TIOUS-LY, adv. According to the direction of conscience; with a strict regard to right and wrong. CON-SCI-EN'TÍOUS-NESS, n. A scrupulous regard to the decisions of conscience; a sense of justice, and strict con formity to its dictates.

CONSCION-A-BLE, a. According to conscience; reasona ble; just.

CON SCION-A-BLE-NESS, n. Reasonableness; equity

6. In the imperative, consider is equivalent to think with care, attend, examine the subject with a view to truth or the consequences of a measure. 7. To requite; to reward; particularly for gratuitous services. CON-SIDER, v. i. 1. To think seriously, maturely or carefully; to reflect. 2. To deliberate; to turn in the mind; as in the case of a single person; to deliberate or consult, as numbers. 3. To doubt; to hesitate.

CON-SIDER-A-BLE, a. [Fr., Sp.] 1. That may be considered; that is to be observed, remarked or attended to. [This primary use of the word is very rarely used.] 2. Worthy of consideration; worthy of regard or attention. 3. Respectable; deserving of notice; of some distinction. 4. Important; valuable; or moderately large, according to the subject. CON-SIDER-A-BLE-NESS, n. Some degree of importance, moment or dignity; a degree of value or importance that deserves notice.

CON-SIDER-A-BLY, adv. In a degree deserving notice; in a degree not triffing, or unimportant.

†CON-SID-ER-ANCE, n. Consideration; reflection; sober thought.

CON-SIDER-ATE, a. [L. consideratus.] 1. Given to consideration, or to sober reflection; thoughtful; hence, serious; circumspect; careful; discreet; prudent; not hasty or rash; not negligent. 2. Having respect to; regardful; [little used.] 3. Moderate; not rigorous. BON-SIDER-ATE-LY, adv. With deliberation; with due consideration; calmly; prudently. CON-SIDER-ATE-NESS, n. Prudence; calm deliberation. CON-SID-ER-ATION, n. [L. consideratio.] 1. The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice. 2. Mature thought; serious deliberation. 3. Contemplation; meditation. 4. Some degree of importance; claim to notice, or regard; a moderate degree of respectability. 5. That which is considered; motive of action; influence; ground of conduct. 6. Reason; that which induces to a determination.-7. In law, the reason which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price or motive of a stipulation. CON-SIDER-A-TIVE, a. Taking into consideration. [L. u.] CON-SIDER-A-TOR, n. He who is given to consideration. Brown.

CON-SIDERED, pp. Thought of with care; pondered; viewed attentively; deliberated on; examined.

CON-SIDER-ER, n. A thinker; one who considers; a man of reflection.

CON-SIDER-ING, ppr. Fixing the mind on; meditating on; pondering; viewing with care and attention; deliberating on.-Note. We have a peculiar use of this word, which may be a corruption for considered, or which may be a deviation from analogy by an insensible change in the structure of the phrase. "It is not possible for us to act otherwise, considering the weakness of our nature."] CON-SIDER-ING, n. The act of deliberating, or carefully attending to; hesitation. CON-SIDER-ING-LY, adv. With consideration or delibera

tion.

CON-SIGN', (kon-sine') v. t. [L. consigno.] 1. To give, send or set over; to transfer or deliver into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession. 2. To deliver or transfer, as a charge or trust; to commit. 3. To set over or commit, for permanent preservation. 4. To appropriate.

†CON-SIGN', (kon-sine') v. i. To submit to the same terms with another; also, to sign; to agree or consent. ↑CON-SIG/NA-TA-RY, n. One to whom is consigned any trust or business.

CON-SIG-NATION, n. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place or state. [Little used.]

CON-SIGINA-TURE, n. Full signature; joint signing or stamping.

CON-SIGNED, (kon-sind') pp. Delivered; committed for keeping, or management; deposited in trust.

CON-SI-GNEE, (kon-se-nee') n. The person to whom goods or other things are delivered in trust, for sale or superintendence; a factor.

CON SIGNER, sende, pero

(n. The person who consigns; one who

another for sale, or a ship for superintendence, bills of lading, papers, &c. CON-SIG-NIF-I-CATION, n. Joint signification. CON-SIG-NIFI-CA-TIVE, a. Having a like signification, or jointly significative.

CON-SIGNING, ppr. Delivering to another in trust; sending, or committing.

CON-SIGNMENT, (kon-sine/ment) n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation; the act of sending or committing, as a charge for safe-keeping or management; the act of depositing with, as goods for sale. 2. The thing consigned; the goods sent or delivered to a factor for sale. 3. The writing by which any thing is consigned.

CON-SIMI-LAR, a. Having common resemblance. [L. u.]

CON-SI-MIL/I-TUDE, n Resemblance. [Little used.) †CON-SI-MILI-TY, n. Resemblance. Aubrey. CON-SIST, v. i. [L. consisto.] 1. To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be; to exist; to subsis!; to be supported and maintained. 2. To stand or be; to lio; to be contained. 3. To be composed. To consist together, to coexist; to have being concurrently.-To consist with, to agree; to be in accordance with; to be compatible. CON-SISTENCE, (n. 1. A standing together; a being CON-SISTEN-CV, fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed. 2. A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite. 3. Substance; make; firmness of constitution. 4. A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct, &c.; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity. 5. A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease remain for a time at a stand,

CON-SISTENT, a. [L. consistens.] 1. Fixed; firm; not fluid. 2. Standing together or in agreement; compatible; congruous; uniform; not contradictory or opposed. CON-SISTENT-LY, adv. In a consistent manner; in agreement; agreeably.

CON-SIS-TORI-AL, or CON-SISTO-RY, a. Pertaining or relating to a consistory, or ecclesiastical court of an archbishop or bishop.

CON-SIS-TOʻRI-AN, a. Relating to an order of Presbyterian assemblies.

*CON-SIST/O-RY, n. [L. consistorium.] 1. Primarily, a place of meeting; a council-house, or place of justice. 2. A place of justice in the spiritual court, or the court itself; the court of every diocesan bishop, held in their cathedral churches, for the trial of ecclesiastical causes. 3. An assembly of prelates; the college of cardinals at Rome. 4. A solemn assembly or council. 5. A place of residence; [not used.] 6. In the reformed churches, an assembly or council of ministers and elders. CON-SOCIATE, n. [L. consociatus.] An associate; a partner or confederate; an accomplice. Hayward. CON-SOCIATE, v. 1. [L. consociatus.] 1. To unite; to join; to associate. 2. To cement, or hold in close union. 3. To unite in an assembly or convention, as pastors and messengers or delegates of churches. Saybrook Platform. CON-SOCIATE, v. i. 1. Το unite; to coalesce. 2. To unite, or meet in a body; to form a consociation of pastors and messengers. Saybrook Platform.

CON-SO-CI-ATION, n. 1. Intimate union of persons; fellowship; alliance; companionship; union of things. Wotton. 2. Fellowship or union of churches by their pastors and delegates; a meeting of the pastors and delegates of a number of congregational churches. Trumbull.

CON-SO-CI-APTION-AL, a. Pertaining to a consociation

Trumbull.

CON'SOL, n. Consols, in England, are the funds or stocks formed by the consolidation of different annuities. Crabbe. CON-SOL/A-BLE, a. That admits comfort; capable of receiving consolation.

CONSO-LATE, v. t. To comfort.

CON-SO-LATION, n. [L. consolatio.] 1. Comfort; alleviation of misery, or distress of mind; refreshment of mind or spirits. 2. That which comforts, or refreshes the spirits; the cause of comfort.

CONSO-LA-TOR, n. One who comforts.

*CON-SOI/A-TO-RY, a. [L. consolatorius.) Tending to give comfort; refreshing to the mind; assuaging grief. CON-SOLIA-TO-RY, n. A speech or writing containing topics of comfort. Milton.

CON-SOLE, v. t. [L. consolor.] To comfort; to cheer the mind in distress or depression; to alleviate grief, and give refreshment to the mind or spirits; ; to give contentment or moderate happiness by relieving from distress. CONSOLE, n. [Fr.] In architecture, a bracket or shoulderpiece; or an ornament cut upon the key of an arch. || CÒN-SOL'ED, (kon-sold') pp. Comforted; cheered. CON-SOLER, n. One that gives comfort. CON-SOLI-DANT, a. Having the quality of uniting wounds or forming new flesh.

CON-SOL/I-DANT, n. A medicine that heals or unites the parts of wounded flesh. Coze.

CON-SOLI-DATE, v. t. [It. consolidare.] 1. To make solid; to unite or press together loose or separate parts, and form a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. 2. To unite the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound, by ineans of applications. 3. To unite two parliamentary bills in one. 4. In law, to combine two benefices in one.

CON-SOL/I-DATE, v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid.

CON-SOL/I-DATE, a. Formed into a solid mass.

CON-SOL/I-DA-TED, pp. Made solid, hard, or compact,

united.

CON-SOLI-DA-TING, ppr. Making solid; uniting.

CON-SOL-I-DATION, n. 1. The act of making or process of becoming solid; the act of forming into a firm, compact mass, body or system. 2. The annexing of one bill to another in parliament or legislation. 3. The combining of two benefices in one. 4. The uniting of broken bones or wounded flesh

TEON-SOLI-DA-TIVE, a. Having the quality of healing. CON'SOLS, n. A kind of transferable stocks. CON/SO-NANCE, n. [Fr.. from L. consonantia.] 1. Accord or agreement of sounds. In music, consonance is an accord of sounds which produces an agreeable sensation in the ear. 2. Agreement; accord; congruity; consistency; agreeableness; suitableness.

CON'SO-NANT, a. 1. Agreeing; according; congruous; consistent.-2. In music, composed of consonances. CONSO-NANT, n. A letter, so named because it is considered as being sounded only in connection with a vowel. CON'SO-NANT-LY, adv. Consistently; in agreement. CONSO-NANT-NESS, n. Agreeableness; consistency. CONSO-NOUS, a. [L. consonus.] Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

CON-SO PI-ATE, v. t. To lull asleep.
CON-SO-PI-ATION, n. A lulling asleep.
CON'SO-PITE, v. t. [L. consopio.] To compose; to lull to

sleep.

CON SO-PITE, a. Calm; composed. More.

CONSORT, n. [L. consors.] 1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband. 2. An assembly or association of persons, convened for consultation. 3. Union; conjunction; concurrence. 4. A number of instruments played together; a symphony; a concert. In this sense, concert is now used.-5. In navigation, any vessel keeping compaay with another.-Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regent, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the widow of a king.

CON-SORT, v. i. To associate; to unite in company; to keep company.

CON-SORT, v. t. 1. To join; to marry. 2. To unite in
company. 3. To accompany; [not used.]
CON-SORTA-BLE, a. Suitable. Wotton.
CON-SORTED, pp. United in marriage.
CON-SORTING, ppr. Uniting in company with; associat-

ing.

CON-SORTION, n. Fellowship. Brown. CONSORT-SHIP, n. Fellowship; partnership. CON'SOUND, n. The name of several species of plants. CON-SPECTA-BLE, a. [L. conspectus.] Easy to be seen. CON-SPI-COI-TY, n. Conspicuousness; brightness. [Little used.] Shak.

CON SPICU-OUS, a. [L. conspicuus.] 1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; manifest. 2. Obvious to the mental eye; clearly or extensively known, perceived or understood. Hence, eminent; famous; distinguished.

CON-SPICU-OUS-LY, adv. In a conspicuous manner; obviously; in a manner to be clearly seen; eminently; remarkably.

CON-SPICU-OUS-NESS, n. 1. Openness or exposure to the view; a state of being visible at a distance. 2. Eminence; fame; celebrity; renown; a state of being extensively known and distinguished.

CON-SPIRA-CY, n. [L. conspiratio.] 1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert; particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection against the government of a state; a plot. -2. In law, an agreement between two or more persons, falsely and maliciously to indict, or procure to be indicted, an innocent person of felony. 3. A concurrence; a general tendency of two or more causes to one event.

CON-SPIRANT, a. [L. conspirans.] Conspiring; plotting; engaging in a plot to commit a crime. CON-SPI-RA TION, n. Conspiracy; agreement or concurrence of things to one end.

CON-SPIRIA-TOR, n. 1. One who conspires; one who engages in a plot to commit a crime, particularly treason.2. In law, one who agrees with another falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony.

CON-SPIRE, v. i. [L. conspiro.] 1. To agree, by oath, covenant or otherwise, to commit a crime; to plot; to hatch treason.-2. In law, to agree falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony. 3. To agree; to concur to one end.

CON-SPIR/ER, n. One who conspires or plots; a conspira

tor. Shak.

CON-SPIRING, ppr. 1. Agreeing to commit a crime; plotting; uniting or concurring to one end.-2. In mechanics, conspiring powers are such as act in a direction not opposite to one another; cooperating powers.

CON-SPIRING-LY, adv. In the manner of a conspiracy; by conspiracy. Milton.

CON-SPIS-SATION, n. [L. conspissatus.] The act of making thick or viscous; thickness.

CON SPUR-CATE, v. t. [L. conspurco.] To defile. CON-SPUR-CA-TIÓN, n. [L. conspurco. The act of Je filing; defilement; pollution.

CON STA-BLE, n. [Sp. condestable; It. conestabile; Pr connetable; L. comes stabuli.] 1. The lord high constable of England, the seventh officer of the crown, He had the care of the common peace, in deeds of arms, and matters of war; being a judge of the court of chivalry, now called the court of honor. 2. An officer of the peace. In England, there are high constables, petty constables, and constables of London. Their duty is to keep the peace, and for this purpose they are invested with the power of arresting and imprisoning, and of breaking open houses.-3. In the United States, constables are town-officers of the peace, with powers similar to those possessed by the constables in Great Britain. They are invested also with powers to execute civil as well as criminal process, and to levy executions. To overrun the constable, to spend more thar a man is worth or can pay; a vulgar phrase. CONSTA-BLE-RY, n. The district called also constable

wick.

CON'STA-BLE-SHIP, n. The office of a constable. CON STA-BLE-WICK, n. The district to which a constable's power is limited. Hale.

CONSTAN-CY, n. [L. constantia.] 1. Fixedness; a stand ing firm; hence, applied to God or his works, immutability; unalterable continuance; & permanent state 2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; steady, unshaken determination; lasting affection, stability in love or friendship. 3. Certainty; veracity; reality. CONSTANT, a. [L. constans.] 1. Fixed; firm; opposed to fluid. [In this sense not used.] 2. Fixed; not varied; unchanged; permanent; immutable. 3. Fixed or firm in mind, purpose, affection or principle; unshaken; unmoved. 4. C.rtain; steady; firmly adherent.

CON-STAN-TI-NO-POLI-TAN, 4. Relating to Constantinople, the metropolis of Turkey in Europe. CONSTANT-LY, adv. Firmly; steadily; invariably; continually; perseveringly.

CONSTAT, n. [L.] 1. In England, a certificate given by the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer, to a person who intends to plead or move for a discharge of any thing in that court. The effect of it is to show what appears upon the record, respecting the matter in question. 2. An exemplification, under the great seal, of the enrollment of any letters patent.

*CON'STEL-LATE, v. i. [Low L. constellatus.] To join lustre; to shine with united radiance, or one general liglit. [Little used.]

* CON/STEL-LATE, v. t. To unite several shining bodies in one splendor. [Little used.]

* CONSTEL-LA-TED, pp. 1. United in one splendor. 2. Starry; set or adorned with stars or constellations. J. Barlow.

CON-STEL-LATION, n. 1. A cluster of fixed stars; an asterism; a number of stars which appear as if situated near each other in the heavens, and are considered as forming a particular division. 2. An assemblage of splendors or excellences.

CON-STER-NATION, n. [L. consternatio.] Astonishment; amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates a person for consultation and execution; excessive terror, wonder or surprise.

CON/STI-PATE, v. t. [L. constipo.] 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to thicken or condense. 2. Το stop, by filling a passage, and preventing motion. 3. To fill or crowd the intestinal canal, and make costive.

CON-STI-PATION, n. 1. The act of crowding any thing into a less compass; a pressing together; condensation 2. More generally, a crowding or filling to hardness the intestinal canal, from defective excretion; costiveness obstipation.

CON-STITU-ENT, a. [L. constituens.] Setting; constituting. Hence, necessary or essential; elemental; forming, composing or making as an essential part.

CON-STITU-ENT, n. 1. He or that which sets, fixes or forms; he or that which constitutes or composes. 2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part. 3. One who appoints or elects another to an office or employment. Burke.

CON STI-TUTE, v. t. [L. constituo.] 1. To set; to fix; to enact; to establish. 2. To form or compose; to give formal existence to; to make a thing what it is. 3. To appoint, depute or elect to an office or employment; to make and empower.

† CON'STI-TUTE, n. An established law. CON'STI-TU-TED, pp. Set; fixed; established; made elected; appointed.

CON'STI-TU-TER, n. One who constitutes or appoints. CON'STI-TU-TING, ppr. Setting; establishing; compos ing; electing; appointing. CON-STI-TOTION, n. 1. The act of constituting, enacting, establishing or appointing. 2. The state of being that form of being, or peculiar structure and connection of parts, which makes or characterizes a system or body. Hence the particular frame or temperament of the human body is called its constitution. 3. The frame or temper of mind, affections or passions. 4. The established form of government in a state, kingdom or country; a system of fundamental rules, principles and ordinances for the government of a state or nation. 5. A particular law, ordinance, or regulation, made by the authority of any superior, civil or ecclesiastical. 6. A system of fundamental principles for the government of rational and social beprinc ings.

CON-STI-TUTION-AL, a. 1. Bred or inherent in the constitution, or in the natural frame of body or mind. 2. Consistent with the constitution; authorized by the constitution or fundamental rules of a government; legal. 3. Relating to the constitution. Paley.

CON-STI-TUTION-AL-IST, n. 1. An adherent to the constitution of government. 2. An innovator of the old constitution, or a framer or friend of the new constitution in France.

CON-STI-TU-TION-ALI-TY, n. 1. The state of being constitutional; the state of being inherent in the natural frame. Coze. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions.

CON-STI-TUTION-AL-LY, adv. In consistency with the constitution or frame of government. CON-STI-TOʻTION-IST, n. One who adheres to the constitution of the country.

*CON'STI-TU-TIVE, a. 1. That constitutes, forms or composes; elemental; essential. 2. Having power to enact or establish; instituting.

CON-STRAIN, v. t. Fr. contraindre.] 1. To compel or force; to urge with irresistible power, or with a power sufficient to produce the effect. 2. To confine by force; to restrain from escape or action; to repress. 3. To hold by force; to press; to confine. 4. To constringe; to bind. 5. To tie fast; to bind; to chain; to confine. 6. To necessitate. 7. To force; to ravish; [not used.] 8. To produce in opposition to nature.

CON-STRAIN'A-BLE, a. That may be constrained, forced or repressed; liable to constraint, or to restraint. CON-STRAINED, (kon-straind') pp. Urged irresistibly or powerfully; compelled; forced; restrained; confined; bound; imprisoned; necessitated. CON-STRAIN'ED-LY, adv. By constraint; by compulsion. CON-STRAIN'ER, n. One who constrains. CON-STRAINING, ppr. Urging with irresistible or powerful force; compelling; forcing; repressing; confining; hoiding by force; pressing; binding.

CON-STRAINT', n. [Fr. contrainte.] Irresistible force, or its effect; any force, or power, physical or moral, which compels to act or to forbear action, or which urges SO strongly as to produce its effect upon the body or mind; compulsion; restraint; confinement.

CON-STRAIN TIVE, a. Having power to compel. Carew. CON-STRICT', v. t. [L. constringo.] To draw together; to bind; to cramp; to draw into a narrow compass; hence, to contract or cause to shrink.

CON-STRICTED, pp. Drawn together; bound; contract

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CON-STRICTING, ppr. Drawing together; binding; contracting.

CON-STRICTION, n. A drawing together or contraction by means of some inherent power, or by spasm, as distinguished from compression, or the pressure of extraneous bodies.

CON-STRICTOR, n. 1. That which draws together or contracts. In anatomy, a muscle which draws together or closes an orifice of the body. 2. A species of serpents, the black snake of the United States. Also, the boa constrictor, the largest of known serpents

CON-STRINGE, (kon-strinj1) v. t. [L. constringo.] To draw together; to strain into a narrow compass; to contract; to force to contract itself.

CON-STRINGED, (kon-strinjd) pp Contracted; drawn together.

CON-STRINGENT, a. Having the quality of contracting, binding or compressing.

CON-STRINGING, ppr. Drawing or compressing into a smaller compass; contracting; binding.

CON-STRUCT', v. t. [L. construo, constructum.] 1. Το put together the parts of a thing in their proper place and order; to build to form. 2. To devise and compose; as, to construct a new system. 3. To interpret or understand.

CON-STRUCTED, pp. Built; formed; composed; compiled.

CON-STRUCTER, n. One who constructs or frames. CON-STRUCTING, ppr. Building; framing; composing. CON-STRUCTION, n. [L. constructio.] 1. The act of building, or of devising and forming; fabrication. 2. The form of building; the manner of putting together the parts of a building, a machine, or a system; structure;

conformation.-3. In grammar, syntax, or the arrange. ment and connection of words in a sentence, according to established usages, or the practice of good writers and speakers. 4. Sense; meaning; interpretation; explanation: or the manner of understanding the arrangement of words, or of understanding facts. 5. The manner of describing a figure or problem in geometry.-6. In algebra, the construction of equations is the method of reducing a known equation into lines and figures, in order to a geometrical demonstration.

CON-STRUCTION-AL, a. Pertaining to construction. [Unusual.]

CON-STRUCTIVE, a. By construction; created or deduced by construction, or mode of interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred.

CON-STRUCTIVE-LY, adv In a constructive manner; by way of construction or interpretation; by fair infer

ence.

CON-STRUCTURE, n. An edifice; pile; fabric. Black

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* CONSTRUE, v. t. [L. construo.] 1. To arrange words in their natural order; to reduce from a transposed to a nat ural order, so as to discover the sense of a sentence hence, to interpret; and, when applied to a foreign language, to translate; to render into English. 2. To interpret; to explain; to show or to understand the meaning. CONSTRUED, PP Arranged in natural order; interpreted; understood; translated.

CONSTRU-ING, ppr. Arranging in natural order; expounding; interpreting; translating.

CON STU-PRATE, v. t. [L. constupro.] To violate; to debauch; to defile.

CON-STU-PRATION, n. The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall.

CON-SUB-SIST, v. i. To subsist together.

CON-SUB-STANTIAL, a. [L. consubstantialis.] . Having the same substance or essence; co-essential. 2. Of the same kind or nature.

CON-SUB-STAN-TIAL-IST, n. One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow.

CON-SUB-STAN-TI-AL/I-TY, n. 1. The existence of more than one in the same substance. Hammond. 2. Participation of the same nature.

CON-SUB-STANTIATE, v. t. [L. con and substantia.] To unite in one common substance or nature.

CON-SUB-STANTIATE, v. i. To profess consubstantiation. Dryden.

CON-SUB-STAN-TI-ATION, n. The union of the body of our blessed Savior with the sacramental elements. The Lutherans maintain that after consecration of the elements, the body and blood of Christ are substantially present with the substance of the bread and wine, which is called consubstantiation, or impanation.

CONSUL, n. [L.] 1. The chief inagistrate of the ancient Roman republic, invested with regal authority for one year. 2. In modern usage, the name consul is given to a person commissioned by a king or state to reside in a foreign country as an agent or representative, to protect the rights, commerce, merchants and seamen of the state, and to aid the government in any commercial transactions with such foreign country. 3. An adviser; [not authorized. Bacon.

CON SUL-AGE, n. A duty laid by the British Levant Company on imports and exports for the support of the company's affairs. Eton.

CON SUL-AR, a. Pertaining to a consul. CON/SUL-ATE, n. [L. consulatus.] 1. The office of a consul. 2. The jurisdiction or extent of a consul's authority.

CON SUL SHIP, n. The office of a consul; or the term of his office.

CON-SULT', v. i. [L. consulto.] 1. To seek the opinion or advice of another, by a statement of facts, and suitable inquiries, for the purpose of directing one's own judgment. 2. To take counsel together; to seek opinions and advice by mutual statements, inquiries and reasonings; to deliberate in common. 3. To consider with deiiberation.

CON-SULT', v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of another, as a guide to one's own judgment. 2. To seek for information, or facts, in something. 3. To re gard; to have reference or respect to, in judging or acting; to decide or to act in favor of. 4. To plan, devise or contrive; [this sense is unusual.]

* CON-SULT', n. The act of consulting; the effect of consultation; determination; a council, or deliberating assembly. Dryden. [This word is, I believe, entirely olsolete, except in poetry.]

CON-SUL-TATION, n. 1. The act of consulting; delaberation of two or more persons, with a view to some de cision. 2. The persons who consult together; a number of persons seeking mutually each other's opinions and advice; a council for deliberation. - Writ of consultation in law, a writ awarded by a superior court, to return a