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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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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.Con-çĕn'tric-al-ly, adv. p. 266In a concentric manner.Cŏn'çen-trĭç'i-ty, n. p. 266State of being concentric.Con-çĕnt'ū-al, a. p. 266Possessing harmony; accordant. [Rare.] Warton.Cŏn'cept, n. p. 266A set form. [Obs.] Scott. 2. An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal. The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the…Con-çēp'ta-cle, n. p. 266That in which any thing is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. 2. (Bot.) A pericarp of one valve, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle. ☞ The…Con-çēp'ti-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 266The quality of being conceivable. [Obs.] Cudworth.Con-cĕp'ti-ble, a. p. 266Capable of being conceived; conceivable; intelligible. [Obs.] Hale.Con-çēp'tion, n. p. 266The act of conceiving; the first formation of the embryo of an animal. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. Gen. iii. 16. 2. The state of being conceived. Joy had the like…Con-cĕp'tion-al-īst, n. p. 266A conceptualist.Con-cĕp'tious, a. p. 266Apt to conceive; fruitful; pregnant. [Obs.] Shak.Con-cĕp'tive, a. p. 266Capable of conceiving. [Rare.] Browne.Con-cĕpt'ū-al, a. p. 266Pertaining to conception.Con-cĕpt'ū-al-ism, n. p. 266A theory in some sense intermediate between Realism and Nominalism, teaching that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. Stewart.Con-cēpt'ū-al-ist, n. p. 266(Metaphys.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart.Con-cĕrn', v. t. p. 266To relate or belong to; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.…Con-cĕrn', n. p. 266That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair. “The private concerns of a family.” Addison. 2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment. Mysterious secrets of a high…Con-cĕrn'ed-ly, adv. p. 266In a concerned manner; solicitously.Con-cĕrn'ing, prep. p. 266Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to. I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.Con-cĕrn'ing, a. p. 266Important. [Obs.] “So great and so concerning a truth.” South.Con-cĕrn'ing, n. p. 266Concern. [Obs.] Shak.Con-cĕrn'ment, n. p. 266The thing in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; business; interest. To mix with thy concernments I desist. Milton. Propositions which extend only to the present life are small…Con-cērt', v. t. p. 266To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. It was concerted to begin the siege in March. Bp. Burnet. 2. To plan; to devise. A commander had more trouble to…Con-cērt', v. i. p. 266To act in harmony; to form combined plans. “The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot.” Burnet.Cŏn'cert, n. p. 266Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony. All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a…Cōn'çer-tān’te, n. p. 266(Mus.) A concerto with two or more instruments, with accompaniments for a band. Moore.Cŏn'çer-tā'tion, n. p. 266Strife; contention. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-cĕr'ta-tive, a. p. 266Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-cért'ed, p. a. p. 266Mutually contrived or planned. Concerted piece (Mus.), a composition in parts for several voices or instruments, as a trio, a quartet, &c.Cōn'çer-tī'na, n. p. 266A small musical instrument of the accordion species.Con-cĕr'tion, n. p. 266Act of concerting. [Rare.] Young.Con-çĕr'to, n. p. 266A piece of music composed for a particular instrument, which bears the greatest part in it, or in which the performance is partly alone and partlyCŏn'cert-pitch, n. p. 266(Mus.) The pitch generally adopted for a given tone, and by which the other tones are governed.Con-cĕs'sion, n. p. 266The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, from the party to whom it is made, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous. “Not permitted…Con-çes'sion-a-ry, a. p. 266Characterized by concession. [Rare.] Bailey.Con-cĕs'sion-ist, n. p. 266One who favors concession.Con-çes'sive, a. p. 266Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth.Con-cĕs'sive-ly, adv. p. 266By way of concession or yielding. Browne.Con-cĕs'so-ry, a. p. 266Conceding; yielding.Con-cĕt'tĭsm, n. p. 266The use of affected wit or conceits; as, to make concettism a part of poetry. [Rare.] C. Kingsley.Con-cĕt'to, n. p. 266Affected wit; conceit.Cōnch, n. p. 266A marine shell, especially one of the genus Strombus. Orient pearls, which from the conch he drew. Dryden. 2. One of the inhabitants of the Bahama Islands, and other islands in that vicinity; — so…Cōn'chā, n. p. 266See CONCH, 3.Cōnch'i-fer, n. p. 266(Zoöl.) An animal of the subdivision Acephal, of the subkingdom Mollusca. See MOLLUSK.Conch-if'er-ous, a. p. 266Producing or having shells.Conch'i-fōrm, a. p. 266Conch-shaped.Conch'ite, n. p. 266(Palæon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.Conch'oid, n. p. 266(Geom.) A curve, of the fourth order, first made use of by Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of bisecting an angle. Math. Dict.Con-choid'al, a. p. 266(Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like the valve of a bivalve shell; — applied principally to a surface produced by fracture. Dana.Cōn'chō-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 266Pertaining to conchology.Con-chōl'o-gīst, n. p. 266One versed in the natural history of shells; one who studies the nature, properties, and habits of shells and their included animals.Con-chōl'o-gy, n. p. 266The doctrine or science of shells and the animals that inhabit them; malacology. See MOLLUSK. Dana.Con-chōm'e-ter, n. p. 267An instrument for measuring the angle of the spire of shells. Duma.Cōnch'o-spī'ral, n. p. 267A kind of spiral curve exemplified in shells. Agassiz.Con-chy-lā'ceous, a. p. 267Of, or pertaining to, shells. Craig.Con-chŷl'i-ā'ceous, a. p. 267Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; conchylious; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.Con-chŷl'i-ŏl'o-gist or Con-chŷl'i-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 267See CONCHOLOGIST, and CONCHOLOGY.Con-chŷl'i-ŏm'e-try, n. p. 267The art or science of measuring shells or their curves.Con-chŷl'i-oŭs, a. p. 267Of the nature or species of shells.