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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-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.Con-clu'ding-ly, adv. p. 267In a conclusive manner. [Rare.] Digby.Con-clu'si-ble, a. p. 267Capable of being concluded or inferred; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.Con-clu'sion, n. p. 267The last part of any thing; close; termination. A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott. 2. Final decision; determination. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine…Con-clū'sion-al, a. p. 267Concluding. [Obs.] Hooper.Con-clū'sive, a. p. 267Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; putting an end to debate or question; leading to a conclusion or decision. “Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them.”…Con-clū'sive-ly, adv. p. 267In the way of conclusion; decisively. Burke.Con-clū’sive-ness, n. p. 267The quality of being conclusive or decisive; as, the conclusiveness of evidence, or of an argument. Hale.Con-clu'so-ry, a. p. 267Conclusive. [Rare.]Cŏn'co-ăg'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 267To curdle or congeal with or together. [Rare.] Boyle.Cŏn'co-ăg'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 267A coagulating together, as different substances or bodies, in one mass; crystallization of different salts in the same menstruum. [Rare.] Coxe.Con·cōct′, v. t. p. 267To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne. 2. To mature or perfect; to ripen. Bacon. 3. To form and prepare…Con-cōct'er, n. p. 267One who concocts.Con-cŏc'tion, n. p. 267A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. 2. The act of bringing to perfection or maturity. Bacon. 3. The act of devising or forming, as of a scheme; contrivance. Donne.Con-cŏct′ive, a. p. 267Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive. Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. Armstrong.Con·cōl'or, a. p. 267Of the same color. [Obs.] “Concolor animals, and such as are confined to one color.” Browne.Con-côm'i-tance or Con-côm'i-tan-cy, n. p. 267The state of accompanying; accompaniment. The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Broome.Con-cŏm'i-tant, a. p. 267Accompanying, or conjoined; concurrent; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.Con-còm'i-tant, n. p. 267A person who, or thing that, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hard-heartedness. South. Reproach is a concomitant to…Con-côm'i-tant-ly, adv. p. 267In company with others. Pearson.Con-còm'i-tāte, v. t. p. 267To accompany or attend; to be collaterally connected with. [Obs.] Harvey.Cŏn'côrd, n. p. 267A state of agreement; harmony; union. Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. Milton. 2. Agreement by stipulation; compact; treaty. [Obs.] “The concord made between Henry and Roderick.” Davies. 3.…Cōn'cōrd, v. i. p. 268To agree. [Obs.] Clarendon.Con-cōrd'a-ble, a. p. 268Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious.Con-cōrd'a-bly, adv. p. 268With concord. Rogers.Con-cōrd'ance, n. p. 268Agreement; accordance. “Contrasts, and yet concordances.” Carlyle. 2. (Gram.) Concord. [Obs.] 3. A dictionary or index in which all the important words used in any work are arranged alphabetically…Con-cōrd'an-cy, n. p. 268Agreement. Montagu.Con-cōrd'ant, a. p. 268Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant. Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. Browne.Con-cōrd'ant, n. p. 268That which is correspondent or harmonious; concordance. Mountague.Con-cōrd'ant-ly, adv. p. 268In a concordant manner.Con-cōr'dat, n. p. 268A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning any thing. 2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned…Con-cōrd'ist, n. p. 268The compiler of a concordance.Cōn'cord-ly, adv. p. 268Concordably. [Obs.]Con-cōr'po-ral, a. p. 268Having, or belonging to, the same body. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-cōr’po-rāte, v. t. p. 268To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Con-cōr'po-rāte, v. i. p. 268To unite in one mass or body. Cleveland.Con-cōr'po-rate, a. p. 268United in one body. B. Jonson.Con-cōr'po-rā'tion, n. p. 268Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] More.Con'cōurse, n. p. 268A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence. The coalition of the good frame of the universe was not the product of chance, or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Hale. 2. An…Cōn'cre-āte', v. t. p. 268To create at the same time. If God did concreate grace with Adam, that grace was nevertheless grace for being given him as soon as he was made. Bp. Taylor.Con-crēd'it, v. t. p. 268To intrust. [Obs.] Barron.Cŏn'cre-mā'tion, n. p. 268The act of burning different things together. [Obs.] Bailey.Cōn'cre-ment, n. p. 268A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union. “The concrement of a pebble or flint.” Hale.Con-crĕs'cence, n. p. 268The act of growing or increasing by spontaneous union, or the coalescence of separate particles; growth; increase.Con-crēs'ci-ble, a. p. 268Capable of concreting, congealing, or being changed from a liquid to a solid state. They formed a ... fixed, concrescible oil. Fourcroy, Trans.