€OM'PLI-€ÃTE, v. t. [L. complico.] To infold;
to make intricate; followed by with.
COM'PLI-CATE, a. Infolded; intricate; difficult.
COMPLICATE-LY, ad. In a complex manner.
¤OM'PLI-¤Ã-TED. pp. or a. Intricate; perplexed.
COMPLI-€ATE-NESS, n. Intricacy; complex-
[glement.
COM-PLI-€Ã'TION, n. An intervening; entan-
¤OM'PLI-€A-TIVE, a. Tending to involve.
COM-PLIER, n. One who complies or obeys.
COM'PLI-MENT, n. An act of civility; praise.
COM'PLI-MENT, v. t. To flatter with praises; v.
i. to pass compliments.
COM-PLI-MENT'AL, a. Expressive of praise.
COM-PLI-MENT'A-RY, a. Civil; obliging.
COM'PLI-MENT-ED, pp. Praised.
COM'PLOT, n. Combination; conspiracy.
COM-PLOT", v. t. To plot together; to conspire.
COM-PLOTTED, pp. Plotted together; contrived.
COM-PLOTTER, n. One who plots with another.
COM-PLU-TEN'SIAN, a.
copy of the Bible is that of Complutum, first pub-
The Complutensian
lished in 1575 in Spain.
ЄOM-PLŸ', v. i. To yield to; to submit to.
COM-PLYING-WITH, ppr. Yielding to; fulfilling.
COM-PO ́NENT, or €OM/PO-NENT, a. [L. com-
ponens.] Constituent; composing. [stituent part.
COM-PO'NENT, or €OM'PO-NENT, n.
COM-PORT', v. i. or t. To agree; to suit; to ac-
A con-
cord.
COM-PORT'A-BLE, a. Consistent; suitable.
¤OM-PÕSE', v. t. [L. compono.] To quiet; to al-
lay; to put together; to write; to constitute or
form as parts of a whole.
COM-POS' ED, pp. Formed; settled; calmed; a.
calin; sedate; quiet; tranquil.
COM-POS'ED-LY, ad. Calmly sedately.
COM-POS'ED-NESS, n. Calmness; sedateness.
COM-POS'ER, n. One who calms; an author.
COM-POS'ING, ppr. or a. Forming; allaying.
COM-POS'ING-STICK, n. In printing, un instru-
ment on which types are set from the cases, ad-
justed to the length of the lines.
COM-POSITE, n. In architecture, the last of the five orders of columns. Composite numbers are such as can be measured by a number exceeding unity. (justment; a written work; agreement. COM-PO-SITION, (-zish'un.) n. A mixture; adCOM-POS'I-TIVE, a. Compounded, or having the power of compounding or composing. COM-POS'I-TOR, ». One who sets types. COM'POS MEN' TIS, [L.] Of & sound mind. ¤OM'PÓST, n. A mixture for manure.
¤OM'POST, v. t. To lay on compost for menure. COM-POS'URE, . Calmness; order; form. [gether. COM-PO-TATION, n. A drinking or tippling to€OM'PO-TA-TOR, n. One who drinks with another. COMPOUND, n. [L. compono.] Composed of two or more ingredients; n. a mixture of ingredients. COM-POUND', v. t. To mix in one mass; to agree, or come to terms of agreement. COM-POUND'ER, n. One who compounds. COM-PRE-HEND', v. t. To contain; to imply to understand; to embrace by implication. [standing, COM-PRE-HENDING, ppr. Containing; underCOM-PRE-HEN'SI-BLE, a. That can be underCOM-PRE-HEN'SI-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of [being comprehensible. COM-PRE-HEN'SION, n. Act or quality of comchending or containing; understanding. COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE, a. Capacious; extensive. COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE-LY, ad. In an extensive COM-PRE-HEN'SIVE-NESS, n. Quality of com[prehending much. COM-PRESS', v. t. To squeeze close; to press; to embrace; to bring within narrow limits. COMPRESS, n. A bolster or bandage of soft linen cloth with several folds, used in surgery.
COM-PRESSED, (-prest.) pp. Pressed together.
COM-PRESS-I-BIL'I-TY,
COM-PRESS'I-BLE-NESS,
COM-PRESSI-BLE, a. Capable of being com-
pressed into a narrower compass.
COM-PRES'SION, n. Act of pressing together.
COM-PRESSIVE, a. Having power to compress,
COM-PRESSURE, (kom-presh'ur,) n. Pressure; a
forcing together.
COM PRISAL, n. The act of comprising.
COM-PRISE', v. t. To contain; to include.
COM-PRIS' ED, pp. Contained; comprehended.
COM-PRIS'ING, ppr. Including; containing.
COMPRO-MISE, n. Amicable agreement.
COMPRO-MISE, v. t. To agree amicably; to ad-
just and settle by mutual agreement.
COMPRO-MIS-ED, pp. Amicably adjusted.
COMPRO-MIS-ER, n. One who compromises.
COM'PRO-MIT, v. t. To commit; to pledge, or
engage; to put to hazard.
COMPRO-MIT-ED, pp. Pledged; committed.
COMP-TROLL'. See CONTROL
COM PUL'SA-TO-RY, a. Compelling; obliging
COM-PUL'SION, n. Force applied; act of com-
pelling; state of being compelled.
COM-PUL'SIVE, a. Forcing; constraining.
COM-PUL'SIVE-LY, ad. By force.
COM-PUL'SIVE-NESS, n. Force; compulsion.
COM-PUL'SO-RI-LY, ad. By compulsion.
COM-PUL'SO-RY, a. Forcing; compelling.
COM-PUN€'TION, n. [L. compunctio.] Remorse;
sorrow for having violated a moral duty.
COM-PUNCTIOUS, a. Giving pain for offenses.
€OM-PUR-GA'TION, n. In law, the act of justify-
ing a man upon the oaths of others.
COM-PUR-GATOR, 2. One who bears testimony
to the veracity or innocence of another.
COM-PUTA-BLE, a. That may be computed.
COM-PU-TÃ'TION, n. Act of reckoning; esti-
mate; the sum or quantity ascertained by com-
puting.
€ÒM-PUTE', v. t. To number; to reckon; to cast
[together.
COM-PUT'ED, pp. Reckoned; estimated.
COM-PUTER, n. One who reckons or estimates.
COM-PUTING, ppr. Reckoning; estimating.
COM PU-TIST, n. A computer.
COM'RADE, n. A companion; a partner.
CON, a prefix denoting with or against.
CON, v. t. To know; to fix in the mind.
CON A-MORE, [It.] With love or delight.
¤O-NA'TUS, n. [L.] Effort; attempt.
ЄON'N ED, pp. Studied; fixed in the mind.
¤ON-CAM'ER-ATE, v. t. [L. concamero.] To arch
[links.
or vault.
€ON-CAT'E-NATE, v. t. To link; to conneet by
CON-CAT-E-NATION, n. Connection by links;
a series of links united.
CON-CA-VATION, n. Act of making concave.
¤ON'¤ÃVE, a. Hollow in the inside; arched.
¤ON-€AV'I-TY, a. Hollowness of a body.
€ON-€A'VO-€ON'¤ÃVE. Concave on both the
€ON-€Ã'VO-CON'VEX. Concave on one side
[and convex on the other.
CON-CA'VOUS, a. Hollow; concave.
CON-CEAL', v. t. To hide; to keep secret.
CON-CEAL'A-BLE, a. That may be kept secret.
CON-CEAL'ED, pp. Hid; kept close.
CON-CEAL'ED-NESS, n. Privacy; obscurity.
CON-CEAL'ER, n. One who conceals.
CON-CEALMENT, a. Act of hiding; secrecy.
CON-CEDE', v. t. To grant; to admit; to yield; to
give up.
CON-CÉD'ED, pp. ora. Yielded; granted.
CON-CED'ING, ppr. Yielding; admitting.
¤ON-CEIT', (kon-seet',) n. [L. concepts.] Pleasant
fancy; understanding; affected or unnatural con-
ception; power or faculty of conceiving; self-
flattering opinion; vanity.
CON-CEIT', v. t. To imagine; to fancy.
CON-CEIT ED, pp. Imagined; conceited; a. vain.
CON-CEIT'ED-LY, ad. With vain opinion.
CON-CEIT'ED-NESS, n. Vanity; conceit.
CON-CEIV'A-BLE, a. That may be conceived.
CON-CEIV'A-BLE-NESS, n. Quality of being
CON-CEIV'A-BLY, ad. In an intelligible manner.
CON-CEIVE', (-seev',) v. t. or i. [Fr. concevoir.]
To form in the mind; to have an opinion or belief;
to comprehend; to think; to become with child.
CON-CEIVED, pp. Formed in the mind; bred.
Thinking; imagining;
CON-CEIVING, ppr.
breeding; n. approbation; conception.
CON-CENT', R. Concert of voices; concord of
sounds; harmony; consistency.
CON-CENTER, v. t. or i. To come or bring to
CON-CENTRE, one point.
CON-CENTER-ED, (pp. Brought to a common
CON-CENTRED,
CON-CENTRATE, v. t. To bring to a common
center or point; to bring to a closer union.
CON-CENTRA-TED, pp. or a. Brought to a point.
CON-CENTRA-TING, ppr. Uniting in a center.
CON-CEN-TRATION, n. Act of drawing, or state
of being brought to a center.
CON-CENTRA-TIVE-NESS, n. The faculty of
concentrating the intellectual force.
CON-CENTRIC, a. Having a common center.
State of being con-
CON-CEN-TRIC'I-TY, n.
CON-CENTU-AL, a. Harmonious
CON-CEPTA-CLE, n. That which contains any
thing. In botany, a follicle.
CON-CEPTI-BLE, a. That may be conceived.
CON-CEPTION, n. The act of conceiving; idea;
purpose conceived; view or opinion.
CON-CEPTIVE, a. Capable of conceiving.
CON-CERN', v. t. To affect; to move; to belong
to; to intermeddle with others' business.
CON-CERN', n. An aflair; anxiety; solicitude.
CON-CERNED, pp. or a. Engaged; affected.
CON-CERN'ING, ppr. Relating to; regarding.
CON-CERN'MENT, n. A concern; business.
CON-CERT', v. t. To contrive together; to plan.
CONCERT, n. Agreement; harmony; music in
[for a particular instrument.
parts.
CON-CERT'O, n. [It.] A concert; a piece of music
CONCERT-PITCH, n. The degree of elevation
generally adopted for a given note, and by which
the other notes are governed.
CON-CES'SION, n. [L. concessio.] Act of yield-
ing; thing yielded; grant.
CON-CESSIVE, a. Yielded by concession.
CON-CES'SIVE-LY, ad. By way of concession.
CONCH, (konk,) n. [L. concha.] A marine shell.
€ON€H'ÒID, n. The name of a curve, given to it
by its inventor, Nicomedes.
€ON€ H-OID'AL, a. Resembling a marine shell.
€ON€H-OL'O-GIST, n. One versed in the natural
history of shells.
€QN€H-OL'O-GY, n. The doctrine or science of
shells.
[concile.
CON-CIL'I-ATE, v. t. To gain by favor; to re-
€ON-CIL'I-A-TING, ppr. Winning; engaging; re-
conciling; a. having the quality of gaining favor.
CON-CIL-I-ATION, n. Act of reconciling.
CON-CIL'I-A-TOR, n. One who conciliates.
€ON-CIL'I-A-TO-RY, a. Tending to reconcile.
CON-CIN'NI-TY, n. Fitness; suitableness; a jing-
ling of words.
CON-CIN'NOUS, a. Neat; fit; becoming.
CONCIO, n. A sermon to the clergy.
CON-CISE', a. Brief; short; summary, as language.
CON-CISELY, ad. Briefly; in few words.
CON-CISE'NESS, n. Brevity; briefness in words.
CON-CISION, (-sizh'un,) n. A cutting off; ex-
cision. Hence, in Scripture, the Jews, or those
who adhered to circumcision.
CON-CI-TATION, n. A stirring up, or disturbing.
ЄON-ЄLA-MA'TION, n. A crying out together;
[close assembly.
CON'ЄLAVE, n. An assembly of cardinals; a
¤ON-CLUDE', v. t. [L. concludo.] To include; to
collect by reasoning; to decide; to finish.
¤ON-ЄLÚDE', v. i. To form a judgment; to end.
CON-ELU'SION, (-klū'zhun,) n. End; close; con-
sequence; inference; decision.
CON-CLUSIVE, a. Closing debate; decisive.
CON-CLÜ'SIVE-LY, ad. Decisively; so as to de
termine; with final determination.
CON-CLUSIVE-NESS, n. Decisiveness.
€ON-€0€T', v. t. To digest in the stomach.
ЄON-COЄTION, n. Digestion in the stomach;
maturation; ripening.
CON-COЄTIVE, a. Tending to digest; digesting.
CON-COM'I-TANCE, n. A being in connection
with another thing.
CON-COM'I-TAN-CY,
CON-COM'I-TANT, a. Accompanying; attending.
CON-COM'I-TANT, n. An attendant.
ЄON'ЄORD, n. [L. concordia; Fr. concorde.] A
compact; agreement of words in construction.
CON-CORD'ANCE, n. A dictionary or index to
the scriptures; agreement.
CON-CORD'ANT, a. Agreeing; suitable.
CON-CORD'ANT-LY, ad. In conjunction.
CON-CORD'AT, n. A compact; a covenant.
CON-CORD'IST, n. The compiler of a concordance.
CON-COR'PO-RATE, v. i. To unite in one mass.
CON'COURSE, n. An assembly; a meeting; a
crowd; a place of meeting; assemblage.
CON-CRE-ATE', v. t. To create together.
CON'CRE-MENT, n. A mass formed by concre-
[crease.
CON-CRESCENCE, n. A growing together; in
CON-CRES CI-BLE, a. That may concrete.
CON-CRETE', v. i. or t. To unite into a mass.
CONCRETE, a. Literally, united in growth:
hence, formed by a coalition of parts; consistent in a mass; in logic, existing in a subject; not ab
CONCRETE, n. A compound; a mass.
CON-CRETE'LY, ad. In a concrete manner.
CON-CRETE'NESS, n. State of being concrete.
CON-CRETION, n. Act of concreting; a mass
formed by growing together; a solid substance
formed in the cavities of animals.
CON-CRETION-AL, a. Relating to concretion.
CON-CRETIVE, a. Causing concretion.
CON-EU'BIN-AGE, n. The keeping of a mistress.
CON-CU'BIN-AL, a. Relating to concubinage.
CON'ЄU-BINE, n. A woman in keeping.
CON-CU'PIS-CENCE, n. [L. concupiscentia.] Ir-
regular desire; lust.
CON-CU'PIS-CENT, a. Lustful; lewd; sensual.
CON-CU'PIS-CI-BLE, a. Exciting carnal desire.
CON-EUR', v. t. [L. concurro.] To meet in union;
to agree; to coincide; to approve.
CON-CURRED, (kon-kurd,) pp. Agreed in.
CON-EUR'RENCE, n. Union of minds; agree-
[ted.
ment; assent.
CON-CURRENT, a. Acting together; being uni-
CON-CURRENT, n. A contributory cause.
CON-CURRENT-LY, ad. Unitedly; in concert.
CON-EUS'SION, (kon-kush'un,) n. [L. concussio.]
A shaking; a shock.
CON-CUS'SIVE, a. Able or tending to shake.
CON-DEMA', (kon-dem',) v. t. To pronounce to be
wrong; to sentence; to witness against; to p
nounce unfit for service; to doom.
CON-DEM'NA-BLE, a. That may be condemned."
CON-DEM'NA-BLE-NESS, n. Blamableness.
CON-DEM-NA'TION, n. Act of condemning; sen-
tence; state of being condemned.
CON-DEM'NA-TO-RY, a. Passing condemnation.
CON-DEM'NED, a. Sentenced; doomed.
CON-DEM'NER, n. One that condemns.
BOOK; TUNE, PULL, USE. € like K; CH like SH; & like J; $ like Z; TH as in thou.
CON-DENSA-BLE, a. That may be condensed. CON-DENS'ATE, v. t. To make or to grow dense. CON-DENS'ATE, a. Made dense or thick. CON-DENS-A'TION, n. The act of condensing. CON-DENSE', v. t. or i. [L. condenso.] To compress into a smaller compass; to make or grow dense or thick; to inspissate; to reduce. CON-DENS' ED, pp. or a. Made more dense. CON-DENS'ER, n. A vessel for condensing air. CON-DENS'ING, ppr, or a. Making more dense. CON-DENS'I-TY, n. Denseness; density. CON-DE-SCEND', v. i. To descend from the privileges of superior rank; to do a favor; to stoop. CON-DE-SCEND'ING, ppr. Descending from rank; a. yielding to inferiors; obliging. CON-DE-SCEN'SION, n. Act of condescending; courtesy: relinquishment of strict right. CON-DIGN', (kon-dine',) a. Deserved; suitable. CON-DIGN'LY, ad. Fitly; suitably. CON-DIGN'NESS, n. Suitableness; justness. CON'DI-MENT. n. A seasoning; sauce; pickle. CON-DIS-CI'PLE, n. A school-fellow. CON-DITION, (-dish'un,) n. A state; a particular mode of living; quality; property: rank; terms of a contract; provision; arrangement. CON-DITION, v. i. or t. To make terms. €ON-DITION-AL, a. Implying terms or conditions; not absolute; n. a limitation. CON-DITION-AL-LY, ad. With limitation. CON-DITION-ED, pp. Stipulated; a. having terms or stipulations.
CONDI-TO-RY, n. A repository for holding things.
CON-DOLE', v. t. To lament; to grieve with others.
¤ON-DÔLE', vi. To grieve on account of the mis-
fortunes of another.
¤ON-DŎL'ED, pret, and pp. of CONDOLE.
CON-DOLE'MENT, n. Grief; mutual distress.
CON-DO'LENCE, n. Grief for another's loss.
¤ON'DO-MÃ, n. A species of antelope.
ЄON'DOR, n. A large bird; a species of vulture.
CON-DUCE', v. i. To lead or tend to; to promote.
CON-DUCED. (kon-düste',) pp. of CONDUCE.
CON-DUCE'MENT, n. A leading or tending to;
tendency.
CON-DU CI-BLE, a. Tending to some end; pro-
motive.
[tributing to an end.
CON-DU'CI-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of con-
CON-DU'CIVE, a. Promoting; contributing.
CON-DUCIVE-NESS, n. Tendency to promote.
€ON'DUET, n. Behavior; deportment.
CON-DUЄT',v. t. ori. To lead; to guide; to manage;
in an intransitive sense, to behave. [behaving.
CON-DUCTING, ppr. or a. Leading; managing;
CON-DUCTION, n. Transmission by a conductor.
CON-DUCTIVE, a. Directing; leading. [as heat.
CON-DUET'OR, n. A leader; director; chief.
€ON-DU€T'RESS, n. A female who conducts or
lends.
[a duct.
CONDUIT, (kon'dit,) n. A water-pipe or canal;
CON DU'PLI-CATE, a. Doubled together.
CON-DU-PLI-€A'TION, n. A doubling over.
CONE, n. [Fr. cone.] A body like a sugar-loaf.
CON-FAB-U-LA'TION, n. Familiar talk;
ceremonious conversation; discourse.
CON-FECTION," sugar; a sweetmeat. Any thing prepared with CON-FECTION ER-Y, n. A place for the sale of sweetments; sweetmeats in general. CON-FECTION-ER, n. One who sells sweeteats, &c. [sons or states. CON-FED'ER-A-CY, n. A league; union of perCON-FED'ER-ATE, a. United in a league. CON-FED'ER-ATE, n. One who is united with others in a league; an accomplice. CON-FED'ER-ATE, v. i. To unite in alliance. CON-FED'ER-A-TED. pp. or a. United in a league. CON-FED-ER-A'TION, n. Alliance by league or stipulation.
CON-FED'ER-A-TIVE, a. Constituting a federal
CON-FER', v. t. or i. To discourse; to grant or bestow to consult together; to compare. CON'FER-ENCE, n. Discourse; meeting for consultation, discussion or instruction.
CON-FERRED, (-ferd,) pp. Granted; bestowed. CON-FER'VÄ, n. Hair weed; an aquatic plant. CON-FESS', v. t. To own; to acknowledge; to avow; to receive the confession of another. CON-FESS' ED, pp. or a. Owned; avowed. CON-FESS'ED-LY, ad. Avowedly; by acknowledgment; with avowed purpose.
CON-FESSING, ppr. Owning; avowing. CON-FES SION, n. Avowal; acknowledgment; formulary comprising the articles of faith. CON-FES'SION-AL. n. A confessor's seat. CON-FES'SION-A-RY, a. Pertaining to auricular confession; n. a confessional chair.
CON-FES'SOR, n. One who confesses or hears confessions; one who professes his faith in the Christian religion.
CONFI-DANT, n. One intrusted with a secret.
CON'FI-DANTE, n. fem. A confidential friend.
CON-FIDE', v. t. [L. confido.] To trust fully; to
rely on.
[firmness.
CON'FI-DENCE, n. Trust; reliance; boldness;
CON FI-DENT, a. Bold; daring; assured; trusting.
CONFI-DENT. n. See CONFIDANT.
CON-FI-DEN'TIAL, a. Admitted to confidence.
CON-FI-DEN'TIAL-LY, ad. In confidence.
CONFI-DENT-LY, ad. With full persuasion.
CON-FIDING, ppr. Trusting; reposing confidence.
CON-FIG-U-RATION, n. External form,
shape; relative position or aspect of planets.
CON FIGURE, v. t. To dispose into form.
CON-FIG'UR-ED, pp. Disposed in a certain form.
CON-FIN'A-BLE, a. That may be confined.
CONFINE, n. A limit; border; bound.
CONFINE, v. i. To border on; to be adjacent.
CON-FINE', v. t. To restrain; to limit: to bind.
CON-FIN' ED, pp. or a. Restrained; shut up.
CON-FINE'LESS, a. Boundless; unlimited.
CON-FINE'MENT, n. Restraint; imprisonment.
CON-FIN'ER, a. He or that which limits.
CON'FIN-ER, n. A borderer; near neighbor.
CON-FIN'I-TY, n. Nearness; n bordering on.
CON-FIRM', (-ferm',) v. i. To make certain; to
establish; to admit to full privileges in the church
by imposition of hands.
[made sure.
CON FIRM'A-BLE, a That may be proved or
CON-FIRM-A'TION, n. Act of establishing;
proof: the rite of confirming baptized persons.
CON-FIRM'A-TIVE, a. Having the power of con-
firming tending to establish.
CON-FIRMED, pp. or a. Ratified; established;
admitted to the full privileges of the church.
CON-FIRM'A-TO-RÝ, a. Adapted to confirm.
CON-FIRM'ER, n. One who confirms.
CON-FIRM'ED-NESS, n. A settled state.
CON-FIS' CA-BLE, a. Subject to confiscation.
CON-FIS'CATE, or CONFIS-CATE, a. Forfeit-
ed to the public treasury.
CON-FIS CATE, or CON'FIS-CATE, v. t. [L.
confisco.] To seize for the public.
CON-FIS-CATION, n. The act of seizing as
forfeited, and adjudging to the public treasury.
CONFIS-CA-TOR, n. One who confiscates.
€ON-FIS'€A-TO-RY, a. Consigning to forfeiture.
CON-FIX', v. t. To fix; to fasten down.
CON-FLA-GRA'TION, n. A great fire or burning
of buildings.
CON-FLICT', v. t. To fight; to contend; to strug€ON'FLICT, n. A contest; combat ; struggle. CONFLICTING, ppr. Striking together; con tending; a. contrary; being in opposition. CON-FLIЄTIVE, a. Tending to conflict. CONFLU-ENCE, n. A flowing together; a collec
tion; act of meeting and crowding in a place; the place of meeting. (gether. CON FLU-ENT, a. [L. confluens.] Running to€ON'FLUX, n. A junction of currents; a crowd. CON-FORM', v. t. or i. To adapt to a form; to comply; to live or act according to. CON-FORM'A-BLE, a. Agreeable; suitable; like. CON-FORM'A-BLY, ad. Agreeably; suitably. CON FORM-A'TION, n. Disposition of parts. CON-FORM'ER, n. One who conforms. CON-FORM'IST, n. One who complies with the worship of the church of England. CON-FORM'I-TY, a. Compliance with; likeness. CON-FOUND', v. t. [Fr. confondre.] To throw into disorder; to overthrow; to mix in a mass or crowd so as to be indistinguishable; to perplex with amazement. CON-FOUNDED, pp. Mixed; blended; perplexed; a. very great; enormous. [Vulgar.] CON-FOUNDED LY, ad. Hatefully; shamefully. CON-FOUND'ER, n. One who confounds. CON-FOUNDING, ppr. Astonishing; blending. CON-FRA-TER'NI-TY, n. A brotherhood. CON-FRI-CA'TION, n. A rubbing together. CON-FRONT, (-frunt,) v. t. [Fr. confronter.] To stand face to face; to stand in direct opposition; to set face to face, as an accused person and a wit[face. CON-FRON-TATION, n. A bringing face to CON-FRONTED, pp. Brought face to face. CON-FRONTING. ppr. Setting face to face. CON-FRONTMENT, (-frunt'-) n. Comparison. CON-FUSE', v. t. To confound; to blame; to perplex; to abash.
CON-FUS' ED, pp. Blended; perplexed; abashed. CON-FUSED-LY, ad. In confusion; indistinctly. CON-FUSED-NESS, n. Want of order or distinctness; state of being confused. CON-FUSING, ppr. Mixing; confounding. CON-FU'SION, (-fu'zhun,) n. Disorder; tumult; indistinctness.
CON-FUTA-BLE, a. That may be disproved. CON-FU-TATION, n. Act of disproving. CON-FU'TANT, n. One who confutes or undertakes to confute. [refute; to battle. CON-FUTE', v. t. [L. confuto.] To disprove; to CON-FCTER, n. One who disproves.
¤ON'GE, n. A molding in the form of a quarter round, or a cavetto; a ring or ferule.
€ON'ĜE, v. i. To take leave; to bow, or courtesy. CON'GE, (kon'jee,) n. [Fr.] Leave; farewell; parting ceremony.
CON GE D'ELIRE', (konʼzha-da-leer',) [Fr.] In England, the king's license to a dean or chapter to elect a bishop.
CON GEAL', v. t. or i. To freeze; to thicken; to
harden; to change from a fluid to a solid state; to
concrete into a solid muss.
CON-GEAL'A-BLE, a. That may be congealed.
CON-GEAL'ED, (kon-jeeld,') pp. or a. Hardened;
converted into ice.
CON-GEAL'ED-NESS, n. State of being congealed.
CON-GEALING, ppr. Freezing: concreting.
CON-GEAL'MENT, R. Congelation; concretion.
CON-GE-LATION, n. The process of changing
from a fluid to a solid state; a freezing; concretion.
CON'GE-NER, n. A thing of the same nature.
CON-GE-NER'I€, a. Being of the same kind or
CON'GE-NER,
CON-GEN ER-OUS, a. Being of the same kind. CON-GEN'ER-OUS NESS, n. The quality of being from the same original.
CON-GE'NI-AL, a. Partaking of the same nature; agreeable to the nature.
CON-GE'NI-AL-NESS, suitableness.
CON-GENITE, a. Of the same birth; cog
CON-GEN'I-TAL,} nate.
CON"GER, ? (kong'ger,) n. A large species
CON"GER-EEL, of sea-eel.
CON-GE'RI-ES, n. A mass of small bodies.
CON-GEST', v. t. To amass; to collect into a heap.
CON-GEST'I-BLE, a. That may be congested.
CON-GESTION, (kon-jest'yun,) n. Collection of
matter, or humors in the body.
CON-GESTIVE, a. Indicating an accumulation of
blood in some parts of the body.
CON-GLACIATE, v. i. [L. conglacio.] To con-
vert into ice; to freeze.
[hard substance.
CON-GLO'BATE, a. Formed into a ball or round
CON-GLO'BATE,
CON-GLOBE', v. t. To gather into a bull. CON-GLO-BA'TION, n. A gathering into a ball. ЄON-GLOB'U-LATE, v. i. To gather into a little round mass or globule.
CON-GLOM'ER-ATE, a. Collected into a ball; in mineralogy, a sort of coarse sand-stone. CON-GLOM'ER-ATE, v. t. To gather into a ball or round mass. [round mass; a collection. CON-GLOM-ER-A'TION, n. Gathering into a CON-GLU TI-NANT, a. Gluing; uniting. €ON-GLÜ'TI-NANT, n. A medicine that heals. CON-GLÜ”TI-NATE, v. t. To glue together; to unite; to heal. [cious substance. CON-GLU TI-NA-TED, pp. or a. United by a ten8CON-GLU-TI-NA'TION, n. A joining by tena[union.
CON-GLU TI-NA-TIVE, a. Tending to cause €ON-GLÜ’TI-NA-TOR, n. That which has the power of uniting wounds.
CONGO, n. A species of tea from China. CON-GRAT'U-LANT, a. Rejoicing with. CON-GRATU-LATE, (kon-grat'yu-late,) v. t. [L. congratulor. To profess joy to on account of some happy event; to rejoice with another. CON-GRÁT-U-LA'TIOŇ, n. A wishing of joy. CON-GRAT'Ų-LA-TOR, n. One who offers con[pleasure. CON-GRAT'U-LA-TO-RY, a. Expressing joy or CON"GRE-GATE, v. t. or i. [L. con and grez, a herd. To collect; to assemble; to meet. CON"GRE-GA-TÉD, pp. Assembled in one place. CON"GRE-GATION, (kong-gre-ga'shun,) n. An assembly; collection of persons, particularly applied to a religious assembly.
CON"GRE-GA'TION-AL, a. Relating to a congregation or to congregationalism.
CON"GRE-GA'TION-AL-ISM, n. A system of church government by the members of a church and congregation.
CONGREGATION-AL-IST, n. An adherent to the congregational mode of government. CONGRESS, (kong'gress,) n. A meeting; the legislature of the United States.
CON-GRES'SION-ALa Pertaining to congress.
CON-GRESSIVE, a. Meeting; encountering.
CON"GRU-ENCE, a. Suitableness of one thing
CON GRU-EN-CY, } to another; fitness.
CON"GRU-ENT, a. Agreeing; correspondent.
CON-GRÜ'I-TY, n. Suitableness; fituess; consist
ency; agreement.
CON GRU-OUS, a. Fit; suitable; meet.
CON"GRU-OUS-LY, ad Suitably; consistently.
CON'IC, a. Having the form of, or pertain-
CONIC-AL, ing to a cone.
CONIC-AL-LY, ad. In the form of a cone.
€ON'IES, n. Science of conic sections.
€ON'I€-SE€-TION, n. A curved line formed by
the intersection of a cone and plane.
[tree.
CO-NIF'ER-OUS, a. Bearing cones, as the pine
CO'NI-FORM a. In form of a cone.
CO-NISTRA, n. The pit of a theater.
CON-JECT'OR, n. One who guesses.
CON-JEET'UR-A BLE, a. That may be conjecCON-JECTÜR-AL, a. Depending on conjecture. CON-JECT'UR-AL-LY, ad. By conjecture.
BOOK; TUNE, PULL, USE. € like K; CH like SH; & like J; $ like Z; TH as in thou.
CON-JECT'URE, n. [L. conjectura; Fr. conjec-
ture.] A guess; supposition; surmise.
CON-JECTURE, (kon-jekt'yur,) v. t. To guess;
to suppose on slight evidence.
CON-JECT'UR-ED, pp. Guessed; surmised.
CON-JECT'UR-ER, n. One who conjectures.
CON-JOIN', v. t. [Fr. conjoindre.] To join to-
gether without any thing intermediate; to connect;
CON-JOIN' ED, pp. Connected; united; linked.
CON-JOINT, a. United; mutual; associate.
CON-JOINTLY, ad. In union; with united efforts.
¤ON'JU-GAL, a. Pertaining to marriage; suitable
to, or becoming the married state.
CON'JU-GATE, v. t. To join; to inflect, as verbs.
€ON'JU-GATE, a. A conjugate diameter is a right
line, bisecting the transverse diameter.
CON'JU-GA-TED, pp. Passed through its various
forms, as a verb.
CON-JU-GA'TION, n. The form of inflecting verbs;
act of uniting; assemblage.
€ON-JUNET', a. Joint; united; connected.
CON-JUNCTION, n. A meeting; union; league;
bond; a connective or connecting word.
CON-JUNCTIVE, a. Serving to unite.
CON-JUNCTIVE-LY, { ad. Jointly.
CON-JUNET'LY,
€ON-JUN€'TIVE-NESS, n. A conjunct state. CON-JUNCTURE, (kon-junkt'yur,) n. A critical time; combination.
CON-JU-RA'TION, n. Enchantment.
CON JURE, (kun'jur,) v. i. To raise or lay spirits.
¤ON-JURE', v. t. [L. conjuro;] To enjoin solemn-
ly; to adjure; to call by a sacred name.
CON-JURED, pp. Enjoined with solemnity.
CON'JUR-ER, n. An enchanter; a fortune-teller.
CON-JURE'MENT, n. A solemn injunction,
CON'NATE, a. Born at the same time.
¤ON-NATION, n. Connection by birth.
CON-NATU-RAL, a. Suitable to nature; like.
CON-NAT-U-RAL'I-TY, n. Participation of the
same nature.
CON-NECT', v. t. To link together; to unite; to
[tie.
CON-NECTED, pp. Linked together; united.
CON-NECT'ED-LY, ad. By connection.
CON-NECTIVE, a. That serves to connect. [ces.
CON-NECTIVE, n. A word that connects senten-
CON-NECTIVE-LY, ad. By or in connection.
CON-NECTION, n. [L. connectio.] Act of join-
ing; a linking; relation.
CON'NED, (kond,) pp. Fixed in the mind.
CON-NEXION, See CONNECTION.
CON-NIV'ANCE, n. Voluntary blindness. [blame.
CON-NIVE', v. i. To wink at; to forbear to see or
CON-NIV'ER, n. One who connives.
CON-NOIS-SEUR', (kon-nis-sür' or ko-nis-säur',)
n. [Fr.] A nice judge of the fine arts.
CON-NOIS-SEUR'SHIP, n. The skill of a con-
CON-NÜ'BI-AL, a. Pertaining to marriage; nup[tial. ¤O'NOID, n. In geometry, a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. CO-NOIDAL, a. Nearly conical. CO-NOM-I-NEE', n. One nominated with another. CON'QUER, (konk'er,) v. t. [Fr. conquerir.] To subdue; to reduce by physical force, until resistance is no longer made; to win; to take possession by violent means; to subdue opposition by moral force; to overcome difficulties. CON'QUER-A-BLE, a. That may be subdued. CON QUER-ED, pp. Overcome; subdued; gained. CON'QUER-ING, ppr. Overcoming by force. CON'QUER-OR, n. One who subdues or defents. CON'QUEST, (konk'west,) n. Victory; reduction to one's power; triumph.
BON-SAN-GUIN'E-OUS, a. Related by birth or [birth.
CON-SAN-GUIN'I-TY, n. Relation by blood or
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together. CON'SCIENCE, n. [L. conscientia.] Internal or self knowledge; or judgment of right and wrong; o the faculty within us which decides on the lawful ness or unlawfulness of our own actions. CON-SCI-ENTIOUS, (kon-she-en'shus,) . Scru pulous; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience. CON-SCI-ENTIOUS-LY, ad. With strict integrity. CON-SCI-ENTIOUS-NESS, n. gard to the decisions of conscience. Scrupulous re¤ON'SCION-A-BLE, a. Reasonable; just. CON'SCION-A-BLE-NESS, n. Reasonableness. CON'SCION-A-BLY, ad. Reasonably; justly. CON'SCIOUS, (kon'shus,) a. Inwardly persuaded; knowing; knowing by consciousness; apprised. CON'SCIOUS-LY, ad. With inward persuasion. CON'SCIOUS-NESS, n. The knowledge of what passes in the mind; internal sense of guilt or in
CON'SCRIPT, a. Written; n. an enrolled militia
[man.
CON-SCRIPTION, n. Act of enrolling; a regis-
tering.
CON'SE-CRATE, v. t. To hallow; to dedicate
[solemnly.
CON'SE-CRATE, a. Sacred; consecrated.
CON'SE-CRA-TED, pp. or a. Hallowed; dedicated.
CON-SE-CRATION, n. The act of making sacred,
or devoting to sacred uses.
CON'SE-CRA-TOR, n. One who consecrates.
CON'SE-CRA-TO-RY, a. Making sacred.
CON-SEC-TA'NE-OUS, a. Following of course.
CON'SEC-TA-RY, n. That which is consequent;
a. following; consequent.
CON-SECU-TIVE, a. Following in order or a seCON-SEC'U-TIVE-LY, ad. By way of conse [quence or succession CON-SENT', n. [L. consensus.] Agreement of mind; accord; correspondence. CON-SENT, v. i. To agree; to accord in mind or [will. CON-SEN-TA'NEOUS, a. Agreeable; consistent. CON-SEN-TA ́NE-OUS-NESS, Įn. CON-SEN-TA-NEI-TY, Agreement; CON-SEN-TA'NE-OUS-LY, ad. With agreement. accordance. CON-SENT'ER, n. One who gives his consent. CON-SEN'TIENT, (kon-sen'shent,) a. Agreeing; uniting in opinion.
CON'SE-QUENCE, n. That which follows; effect; inference; that conclusion which results from reasoning; importance; distinction. CON'SE-QUENT, a. Following naturally; n. that which naturally follows. CON-SE-QUENTIAL, a. Conclusive; important; [conceited. CON-SE-QUENTIAL-LY, ad. By consequence. CON'SE-QUENT-LY, ad. By consequence or effect; in consequence of something. CON-SERV'ANT, a. That preserves from loss. CON-SER-VATION, n. Act of preserving; preservation from loss or injury.
CON-SERV'A-TISM, n. The practice of
ing whatever is established.
CON-SERV'A-TIVE, n. One who aims to preserve
from radical change; one who wishes to maintain
an institution in its present state.
CON-SERV'A-TIVE, a. Having power to preserve.
CON-SER-VATOR, n. A preserver; a keeper.
CON-SERV'A-TO-RY, n. A place for preserving
things; a large green-house for exotic plants.
CON-SERVA-TO-RY, a. Having the quality or
power of preserving.
CON'SERVE, n. A sweetmeat; preserved fruit.
CON-SERVE', v. t. To preserve or candy fruits.
CON-SERVED, pp. Preserved, as fruits.
CON-SID'ER, v. t. or i. To think or deliberate on;
to regard; to relieve; to deliberate or consult.
CON-SID'ER-A-BLE, a. Worthy of regard; not
trivial; of some distinction; important.
CON-SID'ER-A-BLE-NESS, n. Importance; value.
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