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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-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.Con-făr-re-ā'tion, n. p. 270(Antiq.) The solemnization of marriage among the Romans, by a ceremony in which the bridegroom and bride tasted a cake made of flour, with salt and water, in presence of the high priest and at least…Con-tāt'ed, a. p. 270Declared or decreed at the same time with something else. [Obs.] Search.Con-fĕct', v. t. p. 270To make up together; to mingle or mix. [Obs.] And yet those dainties of my joys Are still confected with some fears. Stirling. 2. To prepare, as sweetmeats. “Saffron confected in Cilicia.” Browne.Cōn'feet, n. p. 270A preparation of fruits, roots, and the like, with sugar; a sweetmeat; a confit. A pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. Harvey.