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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Con-dign'ness, n. p. 269Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.Cŏn'di-ment, n. p. 269Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungent and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning. “The expenses of food and of condiments.” Sir W. Jones.Cŏn'dis-cī'ple, n. p. 269A school-fellow; a learner in the same school, or under the same instructor. Martin.Con-dite', v. t. p. 269To prepare with sugar, salt, spices, or the like; to pickle, to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, &c. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Côn'dite, a. p. 269Preserved; pickled; made into a conserve. [Obs.] Burton.Con-dite'ment, n. p. 269A composition of conserves, powders, and spices, in the form of an electuary. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-di'tion, n. p. 269State or situation as regards external circumstances; case; predicament. I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak. The count himself, not at that moment trusting his soldiery…Con·di'tion, v. i. p. 269To make terms; to stipulate. Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with you. Beau. & Fl.Con-di'tion, v. t. p. 269To contract; to stipulate. It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Raleigh. 2. (U. S. Colleges.) To put under conditions; to require to…Con-di'tion-al, a. p. 269Containing, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact…Con-di'tion-al, n. p. 269A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.Con-di'tion-āl'i-ty, n. p. 269The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.Con-di'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 269With certain limitations; on particular terms or stipulations; not absolutely or positively. We see large preferments tendered to him, but conditionally, upon his doing wicked offices. South.Con-di'tion-a-ry, n. p. 269A condition or limitation. [Obs.] Norris.Con-di'tion-ate, a. p. 269Conditional; established on certain terms. [Obs.] Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.Con-di'tion-āte, v. t. p. 269To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [Obs.] 2. To put under conditions; to render conditional.Con-di'tion-ly, adv. p. 269On certain terms. [Obs.] Sidney.Cŏn'di-to-ry, n. p. 269A repository for holding things.Con-dŏg′, v. i. p. 269To concur; to agree. [Burlesque.] This word appears in all the early editions of Cockeram's small dictionary, as a synonym for the word agree; thus, “Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend.”…Con-dō'la-to-ry, a. p. 269Expressing condolence.Con-dōle′, v. i. p. 269To express sorrow, grief, or sympathy at the pain or misfortune of another; to grieve; — followed by with. Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Temple.Con-dōle', v. t. p. 270To lament or grieve over. [Rare.] Why should our poet petition Isis for her safe delivery, and afterward condole her miscarriage? Dryden.Con-dōle'ment, n. p. 270The expression of sorrow or sympathy at the loss or misfortune of another; condolence. “A pitiful condolement.” Milton.Con-dō'lence, n. p. 270The act of expressing grief or sympathy for the sorrow of another. “A special mission of condolence.” Macaulay.