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COMPOSE, kom-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to form by putting two or more parts or things together: to place in proper order, to put together, to arrange artistically the elements of a landscape for painting: to settle or set at rest: to soothe: to set up or place types in order for printing: to originate or write as author, to set to music.--_p.adj._ COMPOSED', settled, quiet, calm.--_adv._ COMPOS'EDLY.--_ns._ COMPOS'EDNESS; COMPOS'ER, a writer, an author, esp. of a piece of music.--_adj._ COM'POSITE, made up of two or more distinct parts: (_archit._) a blending of the Ionic and the Corinthian orders: (_bot._) belonging to the natural order _Compositae_, having compound or composite flowers--heads of flowers composed of a number of florets on a common receptacle, surrounded by bracts forming a leafy involucre, like single flowers.--_adv._ COM'POSITELY.--_ns._ COM'POSITENESS; COMPOS'ING-STICK, an instrument with a sliding adjustment, used for holding printing-types before they are put on the galley; COMPOS'ITION, the act of putting together, or that which is put together: the thing composed, as a work in literature, music, or painting: mental constitution: artistic manner, style in writing or painting: a coming together or agreement, an arrangement or compromise: a certain percentage which creditors agree to accept in lieu of the full payment of a bankrupt's debts: (_mech._) the compounding of two velocities or forces into a single velocity or force which shall be their equivalent.--_adj._ COMPOS'ITIVE.--_ns._ COMPOS'ITOR, one who puts together, or sets up, types for printing; COM'POST, COMPOST'URE (_Shak._) a mixture for manure: a kind of plaster; COMP[=O]'SURE, calmness: self-possession: tranquillity.--COMPOSITE CANDLE, one made of a mixture of stearic acid and the stearin of coco-nut oil; COMPOSITE CARRIAGE, a railway-carriage with compartments of different classes; COMPOSITE PORTRAIT, a single portrait produced by combining those of a number of persons; COMPOSITION OF A FELONY, the act of abstaining from prosecution for some consideration--itself punishable by fine and imprisonment. [Fr. _composer_, from L. _cum_, and _paus[=a]re_, to cease, to rest.]

COMPOS MENTIS, kom'pos ment'is, _adj. phrase_, in one's right mind--sometimes merely COMPOS. [L.]

COMPOSSIBLE, kom-pos'i-bl, _adj._ possible in co-existence with something else.--_n._ COMPOSSIBIL'ITY. [L. _com-_, and POSSIBLE.]

COMPOT, kom'pot, _n._ fruit preserved in syrup. [Fr. _compote_.]

COMPOTATION, kom-po-t[=a]'shun, _n._ a carouse together.--_ns._ COMPOT[=A]'TIONSHIP; COM'POTATOR, a bottle-companion.--_adj._ COMPOT'ATORY. [L. _compotationem_--_com_, together, _pot[=a]re_, to drink.]

COMPOUND, kom-pownd', _v.t._ to mix or combine: to settle or adjust by agreement.--_v.i._ to agree, or come to terms: to bargain in the lump.--_adj._ COM'POUND, mixed or composed of a number of parts: not simple, dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, &c., as in 'compound addition,' &c.; or with processes more complex than the simple process, as in 'compound proportion,' &c.--_n._ a mass made up of a number of parts: the usual name in India for the enclosure in which a house stands, with its outhouses, yard, and garden: a compounded drug.--_n._ COMPOUND'ER.--COMPOUND ENGINE, a condensing engine in which the mechanical

## action of the steam is begun in one cylinder, and ended in a larger

cylinder; COMPOUND FRACTURE, a broken bone, communicating with a co-existing skin wound; COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER, one who pays his rates in his rent, the landlord being immediately chargeable with them; COMPOUND INTEREST, the charge made where--the interest not being paid when due--it is added to the principal, forming the amount upon which the subsequent year's interest is computed; COMPOUND QUANTITY (_alg._), a quantity consisting of more than one term, as _a + b_; COMPOUND TIME (_mus._), time in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars. [O. Fr., from L. _compon[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pon[)e]re_, to place.]

COMPREHEND, kom-pre-hend', _v.t._ to seize or take up with the mind, to understand: to comprise or include.--_ns._ COMPREHENSIBIL'ITY, COMPREHEN'SIBLENESS.--_adj._ COMPREHEN'SIBLE, capable of being understood.--_adv._ COMPREHEN'SIBLY.--_n._ COMPREHEN'SION, power of the mind to understand: (_logic_) the intension of a term or the sum of the qualities implied in the term: the inclusion of Nonconformists within the Church of England.--_adj._ COMPREHEN'SIVE, having the quality or power of comprehending much: extensive: full.--_adv._ COMPREHEN'SIVELY.--_n._ COMPREHEN'SIVENESS. [L. _comprehend[)e]re_, to seize.]

COMPRESS, kom-pres', _v.t._ to press together: to force into a narrower space: to condense or concentrate.--_n._ COM'PRESS, soft folds of linen, &c., formed into a pad, and used in surgery to apply any requisite pressure to any part: a wet cloth, covered with waterproof, applied to the skin.--_adj._ COMPRESSED'.--_ns._ COMPRESSIBIL'ITY, COMPRES'SIBLENESS, the property that bodies have of being reduced in volume by pressure--the ratio of the amount of compression per unit volume to the compressing force applied.--_adj._ COMPRES'SIBLE, that may be compressed.--_n._ COMPRES'SION, act of compressing: state of being compressed, condensation.--_adjs._ COMPRES'SIONAL; COMPRES'SIVE, able to compress.--_ns._ COMPRES'SOR, anything that compresses; a muscle that compresses certain parts; COMPRES'SURE.--COMPRESSED-AIR BATH, a strong chamber of iron plates in which a patient can sit, and into which air is driven by a steam-engine to any required pressure; COMPRESSED-AIR MOTOR, any mode of employing air as a motive-power, as in automatic railway-brakes, &c. [L. _compress[=a]re_, _com_, together, and _press[=a]re_, to press--_prem[)e]re_, _pressum_, to press.]

COMPRINT, kom-print', _v.t._ to share in printing--of the former privilege shared with the Stationers' Company and the King's Printer by Oxford and Cambridge.

COMPRISE, kom-pr[=i]z', _v.t._ to contain, include: to sum up.--_adj._ COMPRIS'ABLE.--_n._ COMPRIS'AL, the act of comprising.--_p.adjs._ COMPRISED', included; COMPRIS'ING, including. [Fr. _compris_, pa.p. of _comprendre_--L. _comprehend[)e]re_. See COMPREHEND.]

COMPROMISE, kom'pr[=o]-m[=i]z, _n._ a settlement of differences by mutual concession, adjustment of one's theories or principles.--_v.t._ to settle by mutual agreement and concession: to pledge: to involve or bring into question--to expose one's self to risk of danger or misunderstanding.--_p.adj._ COM'PROMISED, exposed to danger or discredit. [Fr. _compromis_--L. _compromitt[)e]re_, _-missum_--_com_, together, _promitt[)e]re_, to promise.]

COMPROVINCIAL, kom-pro-vin'shal, _adj._ (_Spens._) belonging to the same province.

COMPT, COMPTER, COMPTIBLE, obs. forms of COUNT, &c.

COMPTROLL, COMPTROLLER. See under CONTROL.

COMPULSE, kom-puls', _v.t._ to compel.--_adjs._ COMPUL'SATORY, COMPUL'SATIVE (_Shak._), compulsory.--_p.adj._ COMPULSED', compelled.--_ns._ COMPUL'SION, the act of compelling: force: necessity: violence; COMPUL'SITOR (_Scots law_), that which compels.--_adj._ COMPUL'SIVE, coercive: with power to compel.--_adv._ COMPUL'SIVELY; COMPUL'SORILY.--_adj._ COMPUL'SORY, compelled: obligatory: compelling. [L. _compuls[=a]re_, freq. of _compell[)e]re_, to compel.]

COMPUNCTION, kom-pungk'shun, _n._ uneasiness of conscience: remorse: regret: pity.--_adj._ COMPUNC'TIOUS, feeling or causing compunction: repentant: remorseful.--_adv._ COMPUNC'TIOUSLY.--WITHOUT COMPUNCTION, with no feeling of sorrow or regret. [O. Fr.,--L. _compunctio_, _-nis_--_com_, inten., and _pung[)e]re_, _punctum_, to prick.]

COMPURGATION, kom-pur-g[=a]'shun, _n._ the custom, in Anglo-Saxon law, of permitting the accused to call in witnesses to prove his innocency, by joining their oaths to his: evidence in favour of the accused: vindication.--_n._ COM'PURGATOR, one who testifies to the innocency or veracity of another.--_adjs._ COMPURGAT[=O]'RIAL, COMPUR'GATORY. [L. _compurg[=a]re_, to purify wholly. See PURGE.]

COMPURSION, kom-pur'shun, _n._ a pursing together (_Sterne_).

COMPUTE, kom-p[=u]t', _v.t._ to calculate: to number: to estimate.--_adj._ COMPUT'ABLE, calculable.--_ns._ COM'PUTANT, COMPUT'ER, COM'PUTIST, a calculator; COMPUT[=A]'TION, act of computing: reckoning: estimate.--_adj._ COMPUT'[=A]TIVE, given to computation.--_n._ COM'PUT[=A]TOR. [L. _comput[=a]re_, from _com_, together, _put[=a]re_, to reckon.]

COMRADE, kom'r[=a]d, _n._ a close companion: an intimate associate--_ns._ COM'RADERY; COM'RADESHIP. [Sp. _camarada_, a roomful, a chamber-mate--L. _camera_, a chamber.]

COMTISM, komt'ism, _n._ the philosophical system of August _Comte_, the founder of Positivism (1798-1857).--_adj._ COM'TIAN.--_n._ and _adj._ COMT'IST.

COMUS, k[=o]'mus, _n._ a god of mirth: a revel. [L.,--Gr. _k[=o]mos_, a revel.]

CON., kon, a contraction of L. _contra_, against, as in PRO AND CON., for and against.

CON, kon, _v.t._ to study carefully: to commit to memory:--_pr.p._ con'ning; _pa.p._ conned.--_n._ CON'NING, learning by heart; poring over. [A.S. _cunnian_, to try to know--_cunnan_, to know.]

CON, CONN, kon, kun, _v.t._ to direct the steering of a ship.--_n._ the act of conning.--_ns._ CON'NING, directing the steering; CON'NING-TOW'ER, the pilot-house of a war-ship. [Prob. conn. with preceding.]

CON, kon, _n._ a knock. [Fr. _cogner_, to knock.]

CONACRE, kon'[=a]-k[.e]r, _n._ the custom of letting land in Ireland in small portions for a single crop, the rent paid in money or in labour--also CORN'ACRE.--_v.t._ to sublet in conacre.--_n._ CON'ACREISM.

CONARIUM, k[=o]-n[=a]'ri-um, _n._ the pineal gland of the brain.--_adj._ CON[=A]'RIAL. [Gr. _k[=o]narion_.]

CONATUS, ko-n[=a]'tus, _n._ an effort: an impulse.--_n._ CON[=A]'TION, the faculty of free agency, including desire and volition.--_adj._ CON[=A]'TIVE. [L. _con[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to endeavour.]

CONCATENATE, kon-kat'e-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to chain or link together: to connect in a series.--_n._ CONCATEN[=A]'TION, a series of links united: a series of things depending on each other. [L. _con_, together, and _catena_, a chain.]

CONCAUSE, kon'kawz, _n._ a co-operating cause.

CONCAVE, kon'k[=a]v, _adj._ curved, vaulted, or arched, applied to the inner side of any curved line or rounded body, and opposed to _convex_, which is applied to the outside.--_n._ a hollow: an arch or vault.--_adv._ CON'CAVELY.--_n._ CONCAV'ITY, the quality of being concave: the inner surface of a concave or hollow body.--_adjs._ CONC[=A]'VO-CON'CAVE, or DOUB'LE-CON'CAVE, concave on both sides of a lens; CONC[=A]'VO-CON'VEX, concave on one side, and convex on the other. [L. _concavus_, from _con_, inten., and _cavus_, hollow. See CAVE.]

CONCEAL, kon-s[=e]l', _v.t._ to hide completely or carefully: to keep secret; to disguise: to keep from telling.--_adjs._ CONCEAL'ABLE, that may be concealed; CONCEALED', hidden.--_n._ CONCEAL'MENT, act of concealing: secrecy: disguise: hiding-place: (_Shak._) a mystery. [O. Fr. _conceler_--L. _concel[=a]re_, from _con_, inten., and _cel[=a]re_, to hide.]

CONCEDE, kon-s[=e]d', _v.t._ to cede or give up: to quit: to surrender: to admit: to grant.--_v.i._ to admit or grant.--_n._ CONCED'ER. [L. _conced[)e]re_, _-cessum_--_con_, wholly and _ced[)e]re_, to yield.]

CONCEIT, kon-s[=e]t', _n._ over-estimate of one's self: too favourable opinion of one's own good qualities: a pleasant, fantastical, or affected notion: wit: (_Spens._) idea: (_Shak._) understanding: estimate.--_v.t._ to conceive: to think.--_adj._ CONCEIT'ED, clever, witty, fantastical (_obs. uses_): having a high opinion of one's self: egotistical.--_adv._ CONCEIT'EDLY.--_n._ CONCEIT'EDNESS.--_adj._ CONCEIT'LESS (_Shak._), without conceit, stupid.--OUT OF CONCEIT WITH, no longer fond of. [Through a Fr. form _conceit_, from L. _conceptus_, pa.p. of _concip[)e]re_.]

CONCEIVE, kon-s[=e]v', _v.t._ to receive into and form in the womb: to form in the mind: to imagine or think: to understand: to express.--_v.i._ to become pregnant: to think.--_ns._ CONCEIVABIL'ITY, CONCEIV'ABLENESS.--_adj._ CONCEIV'ABLE, that may be conceived, understood, or believed.--_adv._ CONCEIV'ABLY.--_adj._ CONCEIVED', imagined, thought. [O. Fr. _concever_--L. _concip[)e]re_, _conceptum_, from _con_, and _cap[)e]re_, to take.]

CONCENT, kon-sent', _n._ a harmony or concord of sounds: concert of voices.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to harmonise. [L. _concentus_, pa.p. of _concin[)e]re_--_con_, together, _can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CONCENTRATE, kon'sen-tr[=a]t, or kon-sen'-, _v.t._ to bring towards a common centre: to bring into a closer union: to condense, to render more intense the properties of.--_adj._ CONCEN'TRATED (also CON'-).--_n._ CONCENTR[=A]'TION, act of concentrating: condensation: the keeping of the mind fixed on something.--_adj._ CONCEN'TRATIVE, tending to concentrate.--_n._ CONCEN'TRATIVENESS. [A lengthened form of CONCENTRE.]

CONCENTRE, kon-sent'[.e]r, _v.i._ to tend to or meet in a common centre: to be concentric.--_v.t._ to bring or direct to a common centre or point:--_pr.p._ concent'ring; _pa.p._ concent'red or concent'ered.--_adjs._ CONCEN'TRIC, -AL, having a common centre.--_adv._ CONCEN'TRICALLY.--_n._ CONCENTRIC'ITY. [Fr. _concentrer_--L. _con_, with, _centrum_, the centre.]

CONCEPT, kon'sept, _n._ a thing conceived, a general notion.--_ns._ CONCEP'TACLE, that in which anything is contained, a receptacle: (_bot._) a pericarp of one valve, a follicle: a cavity enclosing the reproductive cells in certain plants and animals; CONCEP'TION, the act of conceiving: the thing conceived; the formation in the mind of an image or idea: a notion: (_Shak._) a mere fancy: a plan: a concept; CONCEP'TIONIST.--_adjs._ CONCEP'TIOUS (_Shak._), fruitful; CONCEPT'IVE, capable of conceiving mentally; CONCEP'TUAL, pertaining to conception.--_ns._ CONSEP'TUALISM, the doctrine in philosophy that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment; CONCEP'TUALIST, one who holds this doctrine.--_adj._ CONCEPTUALIS'TIC. [L. _concip[)e]re_, _-ceptum_, to conceive.]

CONCERN, kon-sern', _v.t._ to relate or belong to: to affect or interest: to make uneasy: to trouble: to have to do with: to be affected.--_n._ that which concerns or belongs to one: interest: regard: anxiety: a business, or those connected with it.--_adj._ CONCERNED', having connection with: interested: anxious.--_adv._ CONCERN'EDLY.--_n._ CONCERN'EDNESS.--_prep._ CONCERN'ING, regarding: pertaining to.--_n._ CONCERN'MENT, a thing in which one is concerned: an affair: importance: interest: interference. [Fr.,--L. _concern[)e]re_, _con_, together, _cern[)e]re_, to see.]

CONCERT, kon's[.e]rt, _n._ union or agreement in any undertaking: harmony: musical harmony: a musical entertainment.--_v.t._ CONCERT', to frame or devise together: to arrange, adjust.--_p.adj._ CONCERT'ED, mutually planned: arranged.--_ns._ CONCERTINA (kon-ser-t[=e]'na), a musical instrument consisting of a pair of bellows, usually polygonal, the sounds produced by free vibrating reeds of metal, as in the accordion; CONCER'TO, a musical composition for a solo instrument, with orchestral accompaniments.--CONCERT PITCH (_mus._), the pitch at which instruments for concert use are tuned. [Fr. _concerter_--It. _concert[=a]re_, to sing in concert.]

CONCESSION, kon-sesh'un, _n._ the act of conceding: the thing conceded: a grant.--_adj._ CONCES'SIBLE.--_n._ CONCESSIONAIRE', one who has obtained a concession.--_adj._ CONCES'SIONARY.--_n._ CONCES'SIONIST.--_adj._ CONCES'SIVE, implying concession. [CONCEDE.]

CONCETTO, kon-chet'to, _n._ an ingenious turn of expression: a conceit:--_pl._ CONCET'TI.--_n._ CONCET'TISM, the use of concetti. [It.,--L. _conceptum_, conceit.]

CONCH, kongk, _n._ a marine shell: a spiral shell used by the Tritons as a trumpet, and still used by some African peoples in war: a name for the native whites of the Bahamas, owing to their use of conchs as food: (_archit._) the semidome of an apse; the apse itself.--_n._ CONCHIF'ERA, a term applied by Lamarck to bivalve molluscs and to very different Brachiopods.--_adjs._ CONCHIF'EROUS, having a shell; CONCH'IFORM, conch-shaped.--_n._ CONCH'OID, a plane curve invented to solve the problem of trisecting a plane angle, doubling the cube, &c.--_adjs._ CONCHOID'AL, pertaining to a conchoid: shell-like, applied to the fracture of a mineral; CONCHOLOG'ICAL, pertaining to conchology.--_ns._ CONCHOL'OGIST; CONCHOL'OGY, that branch of natural history which deals with the shells of molluscs. [L. _concha_--Gr. _kongch[=e]_; Sans. _cankha_, a shell; conn. with COCKLE.]

CONCHA, kong'ka, _n._ the central cavity of the outer ear: the outer ear: (_archit._) conch. [L. _concha_.]

CONCIERGE, kong-si-erj', _n._ a warden: a janitor. [Fr.; der. unknown.]

CONCILIAR, kon-sil'i-ar, _adj._ pertaining to a council.--Also CONCIL'IARY.

CONCILIATE, kon-sil'i-[=a]t, _v.t._ to gain, or win over: to gain the love or good-will of such as have been indifferent or hostile: to pacify.--_v.i._ to make friends.--_adj._ CONCIL'IABLE (_obs._).--_n._ CONCILI[=A]'TION, act of conciliating.--_adj._ CONCIL'I[=A]TIVE.--_n._ CONCIL'I[=A]TOR.--_adj._ CONCIL'IATORY. [L. _concili[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_concilium_, council.]

CONCINNITY, kon-sin'i-ti, _n._ harmony: congruity: elegance.--_adj._ CONCINN'OUS, elegant: harmonious. [L. _concinnus_, well adjusted.]

CONCIPIENT, kon-sip'i-ent, _adj._ that which conceives.--_n._ CONCIP'IENCY.

CONCISE, kon-s[=i]s', _adj._ cut short: brief.--_v.t._ (_Milt._) to mutilate.--_adv._ CONCISE'LY.--_ns._ CONCISE'NESS, the quality of being concise: terseness [Fr.,--L. _concid[)e]re_, _concisum_, from _con_, and _caed[)e]re_, to cut.]

CONCISION, kon-sizh'on, _n._ mutilation: (_B._) circumcision: conciseness.

CONCLAMATION, kon-kla-m[=a]'shun, _n._ a shout of many together.

CONCLAVE, kon'kl[=a]v, _n._ the room in which cardinals meet to elect a pope: the body of cardinals: any close assembly.--_n._ CON'CLAVIST, an attendant on a cardinal in conclave. [L. _conclave_, from _con_, together, _clavis_, a key.]

CONCLUDE, kon-kl[=oo]d', _v.t._ to close: to end: to oblige.--_v.i._ to end: to infer: to form a final judgment.--_p.adj._ CONCLUD'ED, finished: settled.--_adj._ CONCLUD'ING, final, closing.--_n._ CONCLU'SION, act of concluding: the end, close, or last part: inference: judgment: an experiment: (_Shak._) a riddle.--_adjs._ CONCLUS'IVE, CONCLU'SORY, final: convincing.--_adv._ CONCLUS'IVELY.--_n._ CONCLUS'IVENESS.--IN CONCLUSION, finally.--TO TRY CONCLUSIONS, to experiment: to engage in a contest. [L. _conclud[)e]re_, _conclusum_--_con_, together, _claud[)e]re_, to shut.]

CONCOCT, kon-kokt', _v.t._ to digest: to prepare or mature: to make up a mixture: to plan, devise: to fabricate.--_ns._ CONCOCT'ER, CONCOCT'OR; CONCOC'TION, act of concocting: ripening: preparation of a medical prescription, &c.: a made-up story.--_adj._ CONCOCT'IVE, pertaining to concoction. [L. _concoqu[)e]re_, _concoctum_--_con_, together, and _coqu[)e]re_, to cook, to boil.]

CONCOMITANT, kon-kom'i-tant, _adj._ accompanying or going along with: conjoined with.--_n._ he who or that which accompanies.--_ns._ CONCOM'ITANCE, CONCOM'ITANCY, state of being concomitant.--_adv._ CONCOM'ITANTLY. [L. _con_, with, and _comitans_, pr.p. of _comit[=a]ri_, to accompany--_comes_, a companion.]

CONCORD, kon'kord, or kong'-, _n._ state of being of the same heart or mind: union: harmony: agreement: a combination of notes which is pleasant to the ear.--_v.i._ to agree: to harmonise.--_n._ CONCORD'ANCE, agreement: an index or dictionary of the leading words or passages of a book, esp. of the Bible.--_adj._ CONCORD'ANT, harmonious, united.--_adv._ CONCORD'ANTLY.--_n._ CONCORD'AT, a term, though sometimes used of secular treaties, generally employed to denote an agreement made between the pope and a secular government.--_adj._ CONCOR'DIAL, harmonious. [Fr. _concorde_--L. _concordia_--_concors_, of the same heart, from _con_, together, _cor_, _cordis_, the heart.]

CONCORPORATE, kon-kor'por-[=a]t, _v.t._ to unite in one body.--_adj._ united in one body. [L. _con_, together, and CORPORATE.]

CONCOURSE, kon'k[=o]rs, or kong'-, _n._ an assembly of persons or things running or drawn together: (_Scots law_) concurrence of an officer, who has legal right to grant it. [Fr.,--L. _concursus_--_con_, together, _curr[)e]re_, to run.]

CONCREATE, kon'kr[=e]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to create with or at the same time.

CONCREMATION, kon-kr[=e]-m[=a]'shun, _n._ a burning up or together, cremation.

CONCRESCENCE, kon-kres'ens, _n._ increment: a growing together of cells or other organisms. [L. _concrescentia_--_con_, together, _cresc[)e]re_, to grow.]

CONCRETE, kon'kr[=e]t, _adj._ formed into one mass: the opposite of _abstract_, and denoting a particular thing: made of concrete.--_n._ a mass formed by parts growing or sticking together: a mixture of lime, sand, pebbles, &c., used in building.--_v.t._ CONCR[=E]TE', to form into a solid mass.--_v.i._ to harden.--_adv._ CONCR[=E]TE'LY.--_ns._ CONCR[=E]TE'NESS; CONCR[=E]'TION, a mass concreted: a growth forming in certain parts of the body, as calculi, &c.--_adjs._ CONCR[=E]'TIONARY; CONCR[=E]T'IVE, having power to concrete. [L. _concretus_--_con_, together, _cresc[)e]re_, _cretum_, to grow.]

CONCREW, kon-kr[=oo]', _v.i._ (_Spens._) to concrete.

CONCUBINE, kong'k[=u]-b[=i]n, _n._ a woman who cohabits or lives with a man without being married.--_n._ CONC[=U]'BINAGE, state of living together as man and wife without being married.--_adj._ CONC[=U]'BINARY. [Fr.,--L. _concubina_--_con_, together, _cub[=a]re_, to lie down.]

CONCUPISCENCE, kon-k[=u]'pis-ens, _n._ violent desire: sexual appetite: lust.--_adjs._ CONC[=U]'PISCENT, CONC[=U]'PISCIBLE. [Fr.,--L. _concupiscentia_--_concupisc[)e]re_--_con_, inten., _cup[)e]re_, to desire.]

CONCUPY, kong'k[=u]-pi, _n._ (_Shak._) concubine, or concupiscence, according to Schmidt.

CONCUR, kon-kur', _v.i._ to run together: to meet in one point: to coincide: to act together: to agree: to assent to:--_pr.p._ concur'ring; _pa.p._ concurred'.--_ns._ CONCUR'RENCE, the meeting of lines: union: joint

## action: assent; CONCUR'RENCY.--_adj._ CONCUR'RENT, of lines meeting in the

same point: coming, acting, or existing together: united: accompanying.--_n._ one that concurs: a competitor: one who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.--_adv._ CONCUR'RENTLY.--_adj._ CONCUR'RING, agreeing. [L. _concurr[)e]re_, from _con_, together, _curr[)e]re_, _cursum_, to run.]

CONCUSS, kon-kus', _v.t._ to disturb: to overawe: to coerce.--_n._ CONCUS'SION, state of being shaken: a violent shock caused by the sudden contact of two bodies: any undue pressure or force exerted upon any one.--_adj._ CONCUSS'IVE, having the power or quality of concussion. [L. _concussus_--_con_, together, _quat[)e]re_, to shake.]

CONCYCLIC, kon-s[=i]'klik, _adj._ (_geom._) lying on the circumference of one circle.

CONDEMN, kon-dem', _v.t._ to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.--_adj._ CONDEM'NABLE, blamable.--_n._ CONDEMN[=A]'TION, state of being condemned: blame: cause of being condemned.--_adj._ CONDEM'NATORY, expressing or implying condemnation.--_p.adj._ CONDEMNED', pronounced to be wrong, guilty, or useless: belonging or relating to one who is sentenced to punishment, e.g. 'condemned cell:' declared dangerous and to be removed, as a house, bridge, &c. [L. _condemn[=a]re_, from _con_, inten., and _damn[=a]re_, to damage.]

CONDENSE, kon-dens', _v.t._ to compress or reduce by pressure into smaller compass: to reduce to a denser form, as vapour to liquid.--_n._ CONDENSABIL'ITY, the quality of being condensable.--_adj._ CONDENS'ABLE, capable of being compressed.--_v.t._ CONDENS'[=A]TE, to condense: to compress into a closer form.--_v.i._ to become dense: to harden:--_pr.p._ condens'[=a]ting; _pa.p._ condens'[=a]ted.--_ns._ CONDENS[=A]'TION, act of condensing; CONDENS'ER, an apparatus for reducing vapours to a liquid form: an appliance for collecting or condensing electricity. [L. _condens[=a]re_--_con_, inten., and _densus_, dense.]

CONDESCEND, kon-de-send', _v.i._ to descend willingly from a superior position: to act kindly to inferiors: to deign: to comply: to lower one's self.--_n._ CONDESCEND'ENCE, condescension: (_Scots law_) an articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.--_adj._ CONDESCEND'ING, yielding to inferiors: courteous: obliging: patronising.--_adv._ CONDESCEND'INGLY.--_n._ CONDESCENS'ION, affability to inferiors: courtesy: graciousness.--CONDESCEND UPON, to specify: to mention. [L. _con_, inten., and _descend[)e]re_, to descend.]

CONDIDDLE, kon-did'l, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to steal.

CONDIGN, kon-d[=i]n', _adj._ well merited: adequate (of punishment).--_adv._ CONDIGN'LY.--_n._ CONDIGN'NESS. [L. _condignus_--_con_, wholly, _dignus_, worthy.]

CONDIMENT, kon'di-ment, _n._ a seasoning used at table to give a flavour to the ordinary solid or liquid food.--_v.t._ to pickle. [L. _condimentum_--_cond[=i]re_, to preserve, to pickle.]

CONDITION, kon-dish'un, _n._ state in which things exist: a particular manner of being: quality: rank, as 'a person of condition:' pre-requisite: temper: a term of a contract: proposal: arrangement: (_logic_) that which must precede the operation of a cause: (_law_) a provision that upon the occurrence of an uncertain event an obligation shall come into force, or shall cease, or that the obligation shall not come into force until a certain event.--_v.i._ to make terms.--_v.t._ to agree upon: to restrict, limit: to determine.--_adj._ CONDI'TIONAL, depending on conditions.--_n._ CONDITIONAL'ITY.--_adv._ CONDI'TIONALLY.--_v.t._ CONDI'TIONATE, to condition: to qualify.--_adj._ CONDI'TIONED, having a certain condition, state, or quality: circumstanced: depending: relative--the opposite of _absolute_.--CONDITIONING HOUSE, an establishment in which the true weight, length, and condition of articles of trade and commerce are determined scientifically--the first in England established at Bradford in 1891. [L. _condicio_, _-nis_, a compact (later false spelling _conditio_)--_condic[)e]re_--_con_, together, _dic[)e]re_, to say.]

CONDOLE, kon-d[=o]l', _v.i._ to grieve with another: to sympathise in sorrow: (_Shak._) to grieve.--_adj._ CONDOL'ATORY, expressing condolence.--_ns._ CONDOLE'MENT, CONDOL'ENCE, expression of grief for another's sorrow.--_adj._ CONDOL'ENT, sympathetic. [L. _con_, with, _dol[=e]re_, to grieve.]

CONDONE, kon-d[=o]n', _v.t._ to forgive: to pass over.--_n._ CONDON[=A]'TION, forgiveness: in the legal phraseology of Britain and the United States, forgiveness granted by the injured party, which may be urged by the guilty party as a defence against an action of divorce on the ground of adultery. [L. _con_, inten., _don[=a]re_, to give. See DONATION.]

CONDOR, kon'dor, _n._ a large vulture found among the Andes of South America. [Sp.,--Peruv. _cuntur_.]

CONDOTTIERE, kon-dot-ti-[=a]'re, _n._ a leader of a band of military adventurers who sold their services to any party in any contest:--_pl._ CONDOTTIERI (-[=a]'r[=e]). [It.,--_condotto_, way--L. _con_, and _duc[)e]re_, to lead.]

CONDUCE, kon-d[=u]s', _v.i._ to tend to some end: to contribute.--_ns._ CONDUCE'MENT (_Milt._), CONDUC'IBLENESS, CONDUC'IVENESS.--_adjs._ CONDUC'IBLE, CONDUC'IVE, leading or tending: having power to promote: advantageous.--_advs._ CONDUC'IBLY, CONDUC'IVELY. [L. _con_, together, _duc[)e]re_, _ductum_, to lead.]

CONDUCT, kon-dukt', _v.t._ to lead or guide: to convey (water): to direct: to manage: to behave: (_elect._) to carry or transmit.--_ns._ CON'DUCT, act or method of leading or managing: guidance: escort: guide: management: behaviour; CONDUCTIBIL'ITY.--_adjs._ CONDUCT'IBLE, capable of conducting heat, &c.: capable of being conducted or transmitted.--_n._ CONDUC'TION, act or property of conducting or transmitting: transmission by a conductor, as heat.--_adj._ CONDUCT'IVE, having the quality or power of conducting or transmitting.--_ns._ CONDUCTIV'ITY, a power that bodies have of transmitting heat and electricity; CONDUCT'OR, the person or thing that conducts: a leader: a manager: a leader of an orchestra: one in charge of a bus, &c.: that which has the property of transmitting electricity, heat, &c.--_n.fem._ CONDUCT'RESS. [L. _conductus_--_conduc[)e]re_. See CONDUCE.]

CONDUIT, kun'dit, or kon'-, _n._ a channel or pipe to lead or convey water, &c.: a kind of fountain. [Fr. _conduit_--L. _conductus_--_conduc[)e]re_, to lead.]

CONDYLE, kon'dil, _n._ a protuberance at the end of a bone serving for articulation with another bone, esp. that by which the occipital bone of the skull is articulated to the spine.--_adj._ CON'DYLOID.--_n._ CONDYL[=O]'MA, a growth about the anus or generative organs. [Fr.,--L.,--Gr. _kondylos_, knuckle.]

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CONE, k[=o]n, _n._ a solid pointed figure with a circular base: fruit shaped like a cone, as that of the pine, fir, &c.: anything shaped like a cone.--_ns._ CONE'-SHELL, a family of Gasteropod molluscs, with substantial conical shells; CONE'-WHEAT, a variety of wheat, with conical-shaped spike.--_adjs._ CONIC, -AL, having the form of or pertaining to a cone.--_adv._ CON'ICALLY.--_ns._ CON'ICALNESS, CONIC'ITY.--_adj._ CON'ICO-CYLIN'DRICAL.--_n._ CON'ICS, that part of geometry which deals with the cone and its sections.--_adj._ C[=O]'NIFORM, in the form of a cone.--CONIC SECTION, a figure made by the section of a cone by a plane. [Fr. _cone_--L.,--Gr. _k[=o]nos_, a peak, a peg.]

CONEY. See CONY.

CONFAB, kon-fab', _v._ and _n._ coll. forms of CONFAB'UL[=A]TE, CONFABUL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ CONFAB'ULAR.--_n._ CONFAB'UL[=A]TOR.--_adj._ CONFAB'UL[=A]TORY.

CONFABULATE, kon-fab'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to talk familiarly together: to chat.--_n._ CONFABUL[=A]'TION. [L. _con_, together, _fabul[=a]ri_, to talk--_fabula_, a tale, fable.]

CONFARREATION, kon-far-re-[=a]'shun, _n._ a Roman mode of marriage, made in the presence of the high-priest and ten witnesses, at which bread made of spelt was eaten together.--_adj._ CONFAR'REATE. [L. _confarreatio_--_confarre[=a]re_, to unite by bread, to marry--_con_, with, _far_, a species of grain.]