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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-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.Cŏn'ci-o-nā'tor, n. p. 267A preacher. [Obs.] Cockram.Cŏn'ci-o-na-to-ry, a. p. 267Pertaining to preaching or discourse to a public assembly. [Obs.] Howell.Con-cīse’, a. p. 267Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and comprehensive; — used of style in reading or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B.…Con-cīse'ly, adv. p. 267In few words; comprehensively; briefly.Con-cīse'ness, n. p. 267Brevity in speaking or writing. “The conciseness of Demosthenes.” Dryden.Con-cĭs'ion, n. p. 267A cutting off; hence, a division; a faction. Those of the concision who made it [the division] would do well to consider whether that which our Savior assures us will destroy a kingdom, be the…Cŏn'ci-tā'tion, n. p. 267The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. “The concitation of humors.” Browne.Con-ci'te', v. t. p. 267To excite. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Con-cit'i-zen, n. p. 267A fellow-citizen. [Rare.] Knox.Exclā-mā'tion, n. p. 267An outcry or shout of many together. [Obs.] “Before his funeral conclamation.” Moy.cŏn'clāve, n. p. 267A private apartment, particularly the room in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic church meet in privacy, for the election of a pope. 2. The assembly of the cardinals, shut up for the election…Cŏn'cla-vĭst, n. p. 267An attendant whom a cardinal is allowed to take with him into the conclave.Con-el'i-māte, v. t. p. 267To inure to a climate; to acclimate. [Rare.]Con-clūde',, v. t. p. 267To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ . . . was only touching bodily substance, concluded within the grave. Hooker. 2. To include; to comprehend. [Obs.] For God hath concluded them…Con-clūde', v. i. p. 267To come to a termination; to close; to end; to terminate. A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden. 2. To form a final judgment; to decide. Then, grandam, you conclude that…Con-clū'den-cy, n. p. 267Deduction from premises; inference. [Obs.] Abatements that may take away a necessary and infallible concludency in these evidences of fact. Hale.Con-clüd'ent, a. p. 267Bringing to a close; decisive. [Obs.] Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Hale.Con-clu'der, n. p. 267One who concludes. Montagu.