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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-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.Con-cū'pis-cen'tial, a. p. 268Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.Con·cū'pis·cen'tious, a. p. 268Concupiscent. [Obs.]Con-cū'pis-ci-ble, a. p. 268Exciting or impelling to the enjoyment of carnal pleasure; as, concupiscible appetite. South.Con-cū'pis-ci-ble-ness, n. p. 268The state or quality of being concupiscible; concupiscence. [Rare.]Cōn'cu-py, n. p. 268Concupiscence. [Obs.] Shak.Con-cür', v. i. p. 268To run together. [Obs.] Anon they fierce encountering both concurred With grisly looks and faces like their fates. Hughes. 2. To meet in the same point; to agree. “This concurs directly with the…Con-cŭr'rence, n. p. 268A meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but of our own ideas, with the concurrence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. 2. A meeting of…Con-cŭr'ren-cy, n. p. 268Concurrence.Con-cür'rent, a. p. 268Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event or effect; co-operating; accompanying. I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent…Con-cür'rent, n. p. 268One who, or that which, concurs; a person pursuing the same course. Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. Holland. 2. Joint or contributory cause. To all affairs of…Con-cŭr'rent-ly, adv. p. 268With concurrence; unitedly.Con-cŭr'rent-ness, n. p. 268The state of being concurrent; concurrence.Con-cür'ring, p. a. p. 268Agreeing. Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which corresponds with it in all its parts.Con-cŭss', v. t. p. 268To shake or agitate. [Rare.] “Concussed with uncertainty.” Daniel.Cŏn'cus-sā'tion, n. p. 268A violent shock or agitation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Con-cŭs'sion, n. p. 268The act of shaking or agitating, especially by the stroke or impulse of another body. It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air, which may be from…Con-cŭs'sive, a. p. 269Having the power or quality of shaking. Johnson.Cōnd, v. t. p. 269(Naut.) To conduct a ship; to direct the man at the helm how to steer; to con.Con-dĕmn', v. t. p. 269To pronounce to be wrong; to utter a sentence of disapprobation against; to censure; to blame. Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why every fault's condemned ere it be done. Shak. 2. To…Con-dēm'na-ble, a. p. 269Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable. Browne.Cōn'dem-nā'tion, n. p. 269The act of condemning; the judicial act of declaring guilty, and dooming to punishment. “A legal and judicial condemnation.” Paley. 2. The state of being condemned. His pathetic appeal to posterity…Con-dĕmn'na-to-ry, a. p. 269Condemning; bearing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.Con-dĕmned’, p. a. p. 269Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment; belonging or relating to one who is adjudged and sentenced. Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty…Con-dĕm'ned-ly, adv. p. 269In a manner deserving condemnation; blamably. [Rare.] Feltham.Con-dĕm'ner, n. p. 269One who condemns or censures.Con-dĕn'sa-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 269Capability of being condensed.Con-dĕn'sa-ble, a. p. 269Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable.Con-dēn'sāte, v. t. p. 269To condense; to compress into a closer form; to cause to take a more compact state. “Condensate and compact itself into less room.” Hammond.Con-dĕn'sāte, v. i. p. 269To become more dense, close, or hard.Con-dēn'sate, a. p. 269Made dense; condensed; made more close or compact. [Obs.] Peacham.Cōn'den-sā'tion, n. p. 269The act of making more dense or compact; the closer union of parts; consolidation; as, condensation of style. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and…Con-dĕn'sa-tive, a. p. 269Having a power or tendency to condense.Con-dĕnse′, v. t. p. 269To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress into a smaller compass; to consolidate. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation…Con-dénse', v. i. p. 269To become close or more compact; to approach or unite more closely; to grow thick; to be reduced into another and denser form. “Vapors when they begin to condense and coalesce into small parcels.”…Con-dĕnse', a. p. 269Close in texture or composition; compact; firm; dense; condensed. [Rare.] “The huge condense bodies of planets.” Bentley.Con-dĕns'er, n. p. 269One who, or that which, condenses. 2. (Physics.) (a.) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and…Con-dĕn'si-ty, n. p. 269The state of being condensed; denseness; density. [Obs.] Bailey.Cônd'er, n. p. 269A person who stands upon a cliff, or elevated part of the sea-coast, in the time of the herring fishery, to point out to the fishermen, by signs, the course of the shoals of fish. Cowell. 2. (Naut.)…Cŏn'de-scĕnce', n. p. 269Descent from superiority; condescendence. [Obs.] Puller.Cŏn'de-scĕnd', v. i. p. 269To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to yield; to submit; to relinquish rank, or dignity of character. Can they think me so broken or debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will…Cŏn'de-scĕnd'ençe or Cŏn'de-scĕnd'en-cy, n. p. 269A voluntary yielding or submission; condescension. [Obs.] You will observe (in the Turks) an insulting condescendence, which bespeaks their contempt of you. Eton.Cŏn/de-scĕnd'ing-ly, adv. p. 269By way of yielding to inferiors; with voluntary submission; by way of kind concession; courteously. Atterbury.Cŏn'de-scĕn'sion, n. p. 269Voluntary descent from rank, dignity, or just claims to equality with another; submission to inferiors in granting requests or performing acts which strict justice does not require; courtesy. It…Cŏn/de-scĕn'/sĭve, a. p. 269Condescending; courteous. [Obs.] Barrow.Cŏn'/de-sĕnt', n. p. 269Condescension. [Obs.] “A condescent and debasement.” H. More.Con-dign’, a. p. 269Deserved; merited; suitable. “Condign and worthy praise.” Udal. Herself of all that rule she deemed most condign. Spenser. This word is now most frequently used in connection with the word…Con-díg'ni-ty, n. p. 269Merit; desert;—used chiefly in theology. Though there be nothing of casualty, nothing of condignity, nothing of merit in it, yet there is such congruity and fitness as to qualify a man for pardon.…Con-dign'ly, adv. p. 269According to merit.