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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Com-pul'sive-ness, n. p. 264The quality of compulsion.Com-pŭl'so-ri-ly, adv. p. 264In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.Com-pul'so-ry, a. p. 264Having the power or quality of compelling; constraining. This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. Burke.Com-pŭnct', a. p. 264Stimulated; pricked; irritated; conscience-stricken. [Obs.]Com-pūn'c'tion, n. p. 264A pricking; stimulation; irritation. [Obs.] This is that acid and piercing spirit which with such activity and compunction invadeth the brains and nostrils. Browne. 2. A pricking of heart; poignant…Com-pūnc'tion-less, a. p. 265Without compunction.Com-pŭnk'tious, a. p. 265Pricking the conscience; attended with compunction. That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose. Shak.Com-pūn'c'tiōus-ly, adv. p. 265With compunction; remorsefully; penitently.Com-pūn'c'tive, a. p. 265Causing compunction. [Obs.] “A spirit highly compunctive.” Bp. Taylor.Com-pū'pil, n. p. 265A fellow-pupil. [Rare.] Walton.Cōm’pur-gā’tion, n. p. 265(Law.) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man’s veracity by the oath of others; wager of law, in which a man, who had given security to make his law, brought into court eleven of his…Cōm’pur-gā’tor, n. p. 265One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators. Chillingworth.Com-pūt'a-ble, a. p. 265Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. “Not easily computable by arithmetic.” Hale.Cŏm'pu-tā'tion, n. p. 265The act or process of computing, calculating, reckoning, or estimating. “By just computation of the time.” Shak. Syn. — Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.Com-pūte', v. t. p. 265To determine by calculation; to ascertain by a mathematical process; to cast up; to reckon. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. Syn.— To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate…Com-pūte', n. p. 265Computation. [P.] Browne.Com-pūt'er, n. p. 265One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator. Swift.Cōm’pu-tist or Com-pūt’ist, n. p. 265A computer. “Exact inquiries and computists.” Broome.Cōm'rade, n. p. 265A mate, companion, or associate. “And turned my flying comrades to the charge.” Baillie. I abjure all roofs, and choose To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shak.Cōm'rade-ship, n. p. 265State of being a comrade.Cŏm'rōgue, n. p. 265A fellow-rogue. [Obs.] Here are none of your comrogues. Massinger.Cōn- p. 265A Latin preposition signifying with or against, used in composition as an inseparable prefix, for com, q. v., before all consonants, except the labials b, p, and m. Before l, con or com is changed…Cōn p. 265An abbreviation of the Lat. contra, against. In the phrase pro and con, for and against, it denotes the negative or contrary side of a question; used as a substantive, it denotes a person who is in…Cōn, v. t. p. 265To know. [Obs.] Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser. Which I conned of Tityrus in my youth. Spenser. 2. To study over; to consider; to dwell upon; to endeavor to fix in the mind; to peruse…Con-ā'cre, v. t. p. 265To underlet a portion of, for a single crop;—said of a farm.Con-ā'cre, a. p. 265Pertaining to the subletting by a tenant of one or more acres of his farm for a single crop. [Ireland.] Ogilvie.Co-nā'tion, n. p. 265(Phil.) The faculty of voluntary agency. Sir W. Hamilton.Cō'na-tive, a. p. 265Pertaining to an attempt; endeavoring; attempting; acting. This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, — the feelings, . . . and the executive or conative powers, .…Co-nā'tus, n. p. 265An attempt or effort. Paley. 2. The tendency of a body toward any point, or to pursue its course in the same line of direction. Paley.Con-căm'er-āte, v. t. p. 265To arch over; to vault; to lay a concave over; as, a concamerated bone. Grew.Con-căm'er-ā'tion, n. p. 265An arch or vault. “Those impossible concamerations and feigned rotations of solid orbs.” Glanville.Con-căt'e-nāte, v. t. p. 265To link together; to unite in a successive series or chain, as things depending on each other. “Cogent and concatenated inferences.” Boyle.Con-căt/e-nā'tion, n. p. 265A series of links united; a successive series or order of things connected or depending on each other. The stories affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching to the illicit acts…Con-cause', n. p. 265Joint cause. [Obs.] Fotherby.Cŏn'ca-vā'tion, n. p. 265The act of making concave.Cŏn'cāve, a. p. 265Hollow and curved or rounded; — said of the interior of an arched surface, or of a curved line, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror.Cŏn'cāve, n. p. 265A hollow; an arched vault. “Up to the fiery concave towering high.” Milton.Cōn'cāve, v. t. p. 265To make hollow. Seward.Cōn'cāve-ness, n. p. 265Hollowness.Con-cāv'i-ty, n. p. 265The internal surface of a hollow, rounded body, or a body of other figure; or the space within such body; hollowness. Wotton.Con-cā'vo-cōn'cāve, a. p. 265Concave or hollow on both surfaces.Con-cā'vo-cōn'vex, a. p. 265Concave on one side and convex on the other; as, concavo-convex vertebrae. R. Owen.Con-cā'voūs, a. p. 265Concave. “Concavous part of the liver.” Potter.Con-cā'voūs-ly, adv. p. 265After the manner of a concave surface. “Concavous-ly inverted.” Browne.Con-cēal', v. t. p. 265To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover or keep from sight; as, a party of men concealed themselves behind a wall. But where delays he now? Some great intent Conceals him. Milton. 2. To keep…Warburton p. 265Con-cēal'a-ble, a. p. 265Capable of being concealed, hid, or kept close. “The omniscience of God, whereunto there is nothing concealable.” Browne.Con-cēal'ed-ly, adv. p. 265So as not to be detected.Con-cēal'ed-ness, n. p. 265A state of being concealed.Con-cēal'er, n. p. 265One who conceals.Con-cēal'ment, n. p. 265The act of concealing, hiding, or keeping out of sight. Shak. 2. The state of being hid or concealed; privacy. Some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up a while. Shak. 3. The place of hiding; a…Con-cēde', v. t. p. 265To yield or suffer to pass; to grant; as, the advocate concedes the point in question. Boyle. 2. To admit to be true; to allow. We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different…Con-cēde', v. i. p. 265To yield or make concession. I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.Con-ceit’, n. p. 265That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception. In laughing, there ever precedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. 2. Faculty of conceiving…Con-cēit’, v. t. p. 265To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy. The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are thereby rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so. Smith.Con-cêit', v. i. p. 265To form an idea; to think; to judge. [Obs.] Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes. Milton.Con-cēit'ed, a. p. 265Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.] He was of countenance amiable, of feature comely, active of body, pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles. 2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of…Con-cèit'ed-ly, adv. p. 265In a conceited manner; fancifully; whimsically.Con-cèit'ed-ness, n. p. 265The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Collier.Con-cēit'less, a. p. 265Without conceit; stupid; dull of apprehension. [Obs.] Think'st thou I'm so shallow, so conceitless, To be seduced by thy flattery? Shak.