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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·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.Con-crēs'cīve, a. p. 268Growing together, or into union; uniting.Cōn'crēte, a. p. 268United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one body; consistent in a mass; united in a solid form. “The first concrete state or consistent surface of the chaos.” Burnet.…Cŏn'crēte, n. p. 268A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. To divide all concrete, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct…Con-crēte′, v. i. p. 268To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body. ☞ Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others…Con-crēte', v. t. p. 268To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others. Hale.Con-crête'ly, adv. p. 268In a concrete manner.Con-crête'ness, n. p. 268The state of being concrete; coagulation.Con-crē'tion, n. p. 268The act of concreting, or of uniting the small particles of matter into a mass. 2. The mass or solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, or induration; a…Con-cré'tion-al, a. p. 268Pertaining to concretion.Con-crē'tion-a-ry, a. p. 268Pertaining to, or made up of, concretions; producing concretions. Hitchcock.Con-crē'tive, a. p. 268Promoting concretion. “Concretive juices.” Browne.Con-cré'tive-ly, adv. p. 268In a concrete manner.Con-crēt'ūre, n. p. 268A mass formed by concretion. [Obs.] Johnson.Con-crew', v. i. p. 268To grow together. [Obs.] His fair locks that went with ointment sweet To be embalmed, and sweat out dainty dew, He let to grow and grisly to concrew. Spenser.Con-crim'i-nā'tion, n. p. 268A joint accusation.Con-cū'bi-na-cy, n. p. 268The habit or practice of cohabitation without legal marriage; concubinage.Con-cu'bi-nage, n. p. 268The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. ☞ In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity…Con-cū'bi-nal, a. p. 268Pertaining to concubinage.Con-cū'bi-na-ry, n. p. 268One who indulges in concubinage. Bp. Taylor.Con-cū'bi-na-ry, a. p. 268Relating to concubinage.Con-cū'bi-nate, n. p. 268The condition of a concubine; concubinage. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Cŏn'cu-bīne, n. p. 268A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife. 2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar…Con-cul'cate, v. t. p. 268To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] Mountagu.Cŏn'cul-cā'tion, n. p. 268A trampling under foot. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-cû'pis-cence, n. p. 268Unlawful or irregular desire of carnal pleasure; lust. Avarice and ambition are abroad watching . . . in the day, while concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Bp. Horne.Con-cū'pis-cent, a. p. 268Desirous of unlawful pleasure; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Shak.