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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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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.Con-fēc'tion, n. p. 270A composition of different materials; a mixture. [Obs.] “A confection of mold which perhaps will alter the seed.” Bacon. 2. A preparation of fruit, &c., with sugar; a confect. Hast thou not learned…Con-fēc'tion-a-ry, n. p. 270A confectioner. [Obs.] He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. I Sam. viii. 13.Con-fēc'tion-a-ry, a. p. 270Prepared as a confection. “The biscuit or confectionary plum.” Cowper.Con-fĕc'tion-er, n. p. 270One whose occupation is to make or to sell confections, candies, &c.Con-fēc'tion-ēr-y, n. p. 270Sweetmeats in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies. 2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.Con-fec'to-ry, a. p. 270Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. Beaumont.Con-fĕd'er, v. i. p. 270To unite in a league; to confederate. [Obs.] “The soldiers having confedered together,” North. “Having confedered with O’Neal . . . and other Irish potentates.” Holinshed.Con-fĕd'er-a-cy, n. p. 270A league or covenant; a compact for mutual support or common action; union between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states; mutual engagement; federal compact. The friendships of the world are…Con-fĕd’er-ate, a. p. 271United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.Con-fĕd'er-ate, n. p. 271One who is united with others in a league; a person or nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally. We still have fresh recruits in store, If our confederates can afford us more. Dryden.Con-fĕd’er-āte, v. t. p. 271To unite in a league; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel.Con-fĕd'er-āte, v. i. p. 271To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant. By words men come to know one another's minds; by these they covenant and confederate. South.Con-fĕd'er-ā'ter, n. p. 271A confederate.Con-fĕd′er-ā′tion, n. p. 271The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. The three princes enter into a strict league and confederation. Bacon. This…Con-fĕd'er-ā'tive, a. p. 271Of, or pertaining to, a confederation.Con-fēr', v. t. p. 271To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.] If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. Boyle. 2. To grant a permanent…Con-fér', v. i. p. 271To discourse or converse in a serious manner; to compare views; to consult. Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. Acts xxv. 12. Syn.—To counsel; advise; discourse; converse.Cŏn'fer-ence, n. p. 271The examination of things in the way of comparison. [Obs.] Helps and furtherances which scriptures, councils, laws, and the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford.…Cŏn'fer-ence, v. i. p. 271To consult together; to confer. [Rare.]Cōn'fer-èn’tial, a. p. 271Of, or relating to, conference. [Rare.] Clarke.Con-fér'ra-ble, a. p. 271Capable of being conferred.Cŏn'fer-rēe', n. p. 271One who is conferred with.Con-fêr'rer, n. p. 271One who confers; one who converses. 2. One who bestows; a giver.Cŏn'fer-rū'mi-nate or Cŏn'fer-rū'mi-nā'ted, a. p. 271(Bot.) Closely united together, so as to be undistinguishable. Loudon.Con-fér'va, n. p. 271(Bot.) An extensive section of the Algæ, embracing those plants which consist of slender jointed green filaments. It includes the green, scum-like vegetation often called frog-spittle. Dana.Cōn'fer-vā'ceous, a. p. 271Belonging to the confervæ.Con-fër'void, a. p. 271Like, or related to, the confervæ. London.Con-fĕss’, v. t. p. 271To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one’s self; to acknowledge or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. Milton. 2. To own or…Con-fĕss', v. i. p. 271To make confession; to disclose faults, or the state of the conscience; as, this man went to the priest to confess.Con-fĕss'ant, n. p. 271One who confesses to a priest. [Obs.] Bacon.Con·fess'a·ry, n. p. 271One who makes a confession. [Obs.] Hall.Con-fĕss'ed-ly, adv. p. 271By confession or acknowledgment; avowedly; undeniably. [Written also con-fest'ly.]Con-fess'er, n. p. 271One who confesses.Con-fĕs'sion, n. p. 271Acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his…Con-fĕs'sion-al, n. p. 271The seat where a priest or confessor sits to hear confessions; a confession-chair.Con-fĕs'sion-al-ist, n. p. 271A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. Clarke.Con-fĕs'sion-a-ry, n. p. 271A confession-chair: a confessional.Con-fĕs'sion-a-ry, a. p. 271Pertaining to auricular confession.Con-fés'sion-ist, n. p. 271One who makes a profession of faith. Mountagu.