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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-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.Cōn'ci-ā'tor, n. p. 267(Glass Works.) The person who weighs and proportions the salt on ashes and sand, and who works and tempers them.Con-cierger, n. p. 267One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a porter; a janitor.Con-cĭl'i-a-ble, n. p. 267A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [Obs.] “Conventicles and conciliables of heretics and schismatics.” Bacon.Con-cil'i-a-ble, a. p. 267Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. [Obs.] Milton.Con-čil'i-a-bŭle, n. p. 267An obscure ecclesiastical council. Milman.Con-cil'i-ar or Con-cil'i-a-ry, a. p. 267Pertaining or relating to a council. [Obs.] “Free and conciliar debates.” Baker.Con-cĭl'i-āte, v. t. p. 267To win over; to gain from a state of indifference or hostility. The capacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the…Con-cĭl'i-ā'tion, n. p. 267The act of winning over or bringing to agreement; reconciliation. The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke.Con-cĭl'i-ā'tor, n. p. 267One who conciliates or reconciles.Con-cil'i-a-to-ry, a. p. 267Tending to conciliate; pacific. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott.Con-cĭn'nāte, v. t. p. 267To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland.Con-çin'ni-ty, n. p. 267Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; — used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.] “An exact concinnity and evenness of fancy.” Howell.Con-çin'noŭs, a. p. 267Characterized by concinnity; harmonious; fit; neat. [Rare.]Cōn'ci-o-nā-tive, a. p. 267Pertaining to preaching. [Rare.]Cŏn'ci-o-na-ry, a. p. 267Concionatory. [Obs.] Selden.Cōn'ci-o-nāte, v. i. p. 267To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow.