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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-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.Con-dōl'er, n. p. 270One who condoles.Cŏn'do-nā'tion, n. p. 270The act of pardoning. 2. (Eccl. Law.) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife, or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied…Con-dōne', v. t. p. 270(Eccl. Law.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; especially, to forgive for a violation of the marriage-vow;—said of either the husband or the wife.Côn'dor, n. p. 270(Ornith.) A large bird of the vulture family (Sarcorramphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.Cōn'dot·tiē're, n. p. 270A brigand. Milman.Con-dūçe', v. i. p. 270To promote, answer, or further an end; to contribute; to tend;—followed by to or toward. The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distempered blood. Shak. Syn.—To contribute…Con-dūçe', v. t. p. 270To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.] He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Wotton.Con-dūçe'ment, n. p. 270The act of conducing; tendency. [Obs.] Gregory.Con-dū'cent, a. p. 270Tending or contributing; conducive. [Obs.] Any other act fitting or conducent to the good success of this business. Laud.Con-dū'ci-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 270The capability of being conduced, or turned. “Duties . . . deriving their obligation from their conducibility to the promoting of our chief end.” Wilkins.Con-dū'ci-ble, a. p. 270Leading or tending; having the power of conducting; having a tendency to promote or forward; conducive. Our Savior hath enjoined us a reasonable service; all his laws are in themselves conducible to…Con-dū'ci-ble-ness, n. p. 270The quality of being conducible. More.Con-dū'ci-bly, adv. p. 270In a manner to promote. [Rare.]Con-dū'çive, a. p. 270Leading or tending; having a tendency to promote. An action, however conducive to the good of our country, will be represented as prejudicial to it. Addison.Con-dū'çive-ness, n. p. 270The quality of conducting, or tending to promote. Boyle.Cŏn'duct, n. p. 270The act or method of leading, guiding, managing, or commanding; guidance; management. Conduct of armies is a prince's work. Waller. 2. Skillful guidance; generalship. “Attacked the Spaniards . . .…Con-duct', v. t. p. 270To lead, or guide; to introduce; to escort; to attend. I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton. 2. To lead as a commander; to direct; to control. Little…Con-dûct', v. i. p. 270To behave; to act; to conduct one's self. ☞ This word is in common use in some parts of the United States, but in England is not considered to be authorized by good usage.Con-dŭc'tō, n. p. 270A train or convoy of valuable freight, as gold, &c.; — sometimes applied to a conveyance by sea as well as land. Velasquez.Con-dŭct/i-bĭl/i-ty, n. p. 270Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of the electric fluid.Con-dūct'i-ble, a. p. 270Capable of being conducted.Con-dŭc'tion, n. p. 270The act of training up. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 2. (Physics.) Transmission through, or by means of a conductor. The law of conduction in the simple cases of metallic bars heated at one end. Whewell.Cŏn·duc·ti'tiōus, a. p. 270Employed for wages; hired. [Obs.] Ayliffe.Con-dŭc'tive, a. p. 270Having the quality or power of conducting; as, conductive bodies. Whewell.Cŏn'duc-tiv'i-ty, n. p. 270The quality or power of conducting or giving passage to some molecular action, as of heat, light, electricity. Whewell.Con-dŭc'tor, n. p. 270One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a guide; a manager; a director. “Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.” Dryden. 2. The person who has general charge of a railroad car or train, receiving…Con-dŭct'o-ry, a. p. 270Having the property of conducting.Con-dūct'ress, n. p. 270A female who leads or directs; a directress.Cŏn'duit, n. p. 270That which conducts or conveys; especially, a pipe, canal, or the like, for the conveyance of water or any other liquid. “All the conduits of my blood froze up.” Shak. This is the fountain of all…Con-dū'pli-cate, a. p. 270(Bot.) Doubled or folded over or together, as the leaves of a bud. Martyn.Con-dū'pli-cāte, v. t. p. 270To double or fold together. [Obs.]Con-dū'pli-cā'tion, n. p. 270A doubling; a duplication; a folding together. [Rare.]Con-dûr'rite, n. p. 270(Min.) An ore of copper containing a considerable proportion of arsenic; arseniate of copper; — so called because found at the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England. Dana.Cŏn'dyle, n. p. 270(Anat.) A protuberance or process round in one direction and flat in the other, found especially in the ganglinoid or hinge-joints of the skeleton. Dunglison.Cŏn'dy-loid, a. p. 270Shaped like a condyle; — applied to several articular protuberances, and to parts in their vicinity.Cŏn'dy-lōpe or Con-dy'l'o-pōd, n. p. 270(Zool.) An articulate animal, as an insect with jointed feet. Dana.Cŏn'dy-lū'ră, n. p. 270(Zoöl.) A genus of insectivorous mammiferous animals of North America, resembling the mole.Cōne, n. p. 270A solid body generated by the revolution of a triangle about one of its sides, having a circle for its base, and its top terminated in a point or vertex. 2. (Bot.) The conical fruit of several…Cōne, v. t. p. 270To render cone-shaped; as, to cone the tires of railway-carriage wheels.Co-nē'ine, a. p. 270Same as CONINE, q. v.Cō'ne-pāte or Cō'ne-pātl, n. p. 270An American animal of the weasel kind; the Mephitis Americana; the skunk.Cōne'-pul'ley, n. p. 270Cō'ney, n. p. 270See CONY.Cōn'fāb, n. p. 270Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]Con-făb'ū-lar, a. p. 270Pertaining to conversation; given to talking; conversational. [Rare.]Con-făb'ū-lāte, v. i. p. 270To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle. I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.Con-făb'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 270Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.Con-făb′ū-la-to-ry, a. p. 270Belonging to familiar talk. [Obs.] Weaver.Cōn'fa-lōn, n. p. 270(Eccl.) One of a sect or fraternity of seculars in the church of Rome, otherwise called Penitents.Cōn'fa-mil'iar, a. p. 270Very familiar. [Obs.] Glanville.