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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-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.Con-cēiv'a-ble, a. p. 265Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. “Any conceivable weight.” Wilkins. It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. Atterbury.Con-cēiv'a-ble-ness, n. p. 265The quality of being conceivable.Con·cèiv'a-bly, adv. p. 265In a conceivable manner.Con-cēive', v. t. p. 265To receive into the womb and breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of. She hath also conceived a son in her old age. Luke i. 36. 2. To form in the mind, as a purpose or plan; to devise. It was…Con-cēive', v. i. p. 265To have an embryo formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. Isa. vii. 14. 2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; to think;—with of. Conceive of…Con-cēiv'er, n. p. 266One who conceives.Con-cĕl'e-brāte, v. t. p. 266To celebrate together. [Obs.]Con-cĕnt', n. p. 266Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concert of notes. Bacon. 2. Consistency; accordance. [Obs.] “In concert to his own principles.” Atterbury.Con-cĕn'ter or Con-cĕn'tre, v. i. p. 266To come to a point, or to meet in a common center;—said of converging lines, or of other things that meet, or are conceived to meet, in a point. “God, in whom all perfectiones concenter.” Bp.…Con-çĕn'ter or Con-çĕn'tre, v. t. p. 266To draw or direct to a common center; to bring to a point, as two or more lines or other things. In thee concentering all their precious beams. Milton.Con-çĕnt'ful, a. p. 266Harmonious. [Obs.] Fotherby.Cŏn'çen-trāte or Con-çĕn'trāte, v. t. p. 266To bring to a common center, or to unite more closely; to combine; to condense; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus. He hastily concentrated his whole force at his own camp. Motley.Cŏn'çen-trā'tion, n. p. 266The act of concentrating; the act of bringing nearer together; compression into a narrow space. “Concentration of the lunar beams.” Boyle. Gloom and silence produce composure of mind and…Con-cen'tra-tive, a. p. 266Serving to concentrate. A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention. Sir W. Hamilton.Con-cĕn’tra-tīve-ness, n. p. 266(Phren.) The power of concentrating the intellectual force. — Combe.Con-çĕn'tric, a. p. 266Having a common center. “Concentric circles upon the surface of the water.” Newton. “Concentrical circles of somewhat differing colors.” Boyle.