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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-fin'a-ble, a. p. 272Capable of being confined or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.Cŏn′fīne, n. p. 272Common boundary; border; limit;—used chiefly in the plural, and applied to grand divisions of territory. Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea. Locke. And now in little space The…Côn'fine, a. p. 272Bordering; lying on the border; adjacent; having a common boundary. [Rare.] Johnson.Con-fīne', v. t. p. 272To restrain within limits; to bound; to immure; to keep close. Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined; let order die. Shak. He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the…Cŏn'fine or Con-fine', v. i. p. 272To have a common boundary; to border; to touch the limit. Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place Confining on all three. Dryden.Cŏn'fine-less or Con-fine'less, a. p. 272Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.Con-fine'ment, n. p. 272Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty by force or other obstacle, or by necessity; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the…Con-fīn'er, n. p. 272One who, or that which, limits or restrains.Cŏn'fin-er or Con-fīn'er, n. p. 272One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. Happy confines you of other lands That shift your soil and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.Con-fĭn'i-ty, n. p. 272Community of limits; contiguity; nearness; neighborhood. [Rare.] Bailey.Con-firm', v. t. p. 272To make firm; to give strength to; to render fixed; to establish; to settle; to render certain; as, to confirm one's spirits with a banquet. Chapman. He only lived but till he was a man; The which no…Con-firm'a-ble, a. p. 272Capable of being confirmed, established, ratified, or made more certain. Browne.Con-firm'ance, n. p. 272Confirmation. [Obs.] Chapman.Cŏn'fir-mā'tion, n. p. 272The act of confirming or giving strength; the act of establishing, settling, or rendering fixed; establishment; proof. “The confirmation of a grant.” Melmoth. 2. That which confirms; that which gives…Con-fĩrm'a-tĭve, a. p. 272Having the power of confirming; tending to establish. [Rare.] Sherwood.Con-fĩrm'a-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 272In a manner to confirm.Cŏn'fir-mā'tor, n. p. 272One who, or that which, confirms. Browne.Con-fĩrm'a-to-ry, a. p. 272Serving to confirm; giving additional strength, force, stability, or assurance; corroborative. “A fact confirmatory of the conclusion.” I. Taylor. 2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton.Con-fĩrm'ed-ly, adv. p. 272In a way to confirm; with confirmation.Con-fĩrm'ed-ness, n. p. 272A fixed state.Cŏn'fir-mee', n. p. 272(Law.) One to whom any thing is confirmed. Ash.Con-fĩrm'er, n. p. 272One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who produces new evidence; an attester. Shak.Con-firm'ing-ly, adv. p. 272In a manner to strengthen or make firm. B. Jonson.Con-fis'ca-ble, a. p. 272Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture. Broome.Cŏn’fis-cāte or Cŏn-fis’cāte, v. t. p. 272To appropriate, as a penalty, to the public use. [See Note under CONTEMPLATE.] It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.Cŏn'/fis-cāte or Cŏn-fis'/cāte, a. p. 272Appropriated, as a penalty, to the public use. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.Cŏn'fis-cā'tion, n. p. 272The act of appropriating, as a penalty, to the public use. The suppression of monasteries poured, in an instant, such a torrent of wealth upon the crown as has seldom been equaled in any country by…Cŏn′fis-eā′tor, n. p. 272One who confiscates. Burke.Con-fis'ca-to-ry, a. p. 272Consigning to or promoting confiscation. “Confiscatory and exterminatory periods.” Burke.Con'fit, n. p. 272A sweetmeat. [Obs.] See COMFIT and CONFECT.Cōn'fi-tent, n. p. 272One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]Cōn'fit-ūre, n. p. 272The act of making into confits. [Obs.] Holland. 2. A sweetmeat; confection; comfit. [Obs.] Bacon.Con-fix', v. t. p. 272To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] Shak.Con-fix'ūre, n. p. 272Act of fixing. [Obs.] Montague.Con-flā'grant, a. p. 272Burning together in a common flame. [R.] Then raise From the conflagrant mass, purged and refined, New heavens, new earth. Milton.Cŏn'fla-grā'tion, n. p. 272A fire on a great scale, or extending to many objects. Mankind hath had a gradual increase notwithstanding what floods and conflagrations . . . may have interrupted. Bentley.Con-flā'gra-tĭve, a. p. 272Causing conflagration. [Rare.]Con-flāte' or Con-flāt'ed, a. p. 272Brought together from various sources; heterogeneous. [Obs.]Con-flā'tion, n. p. 272A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in melting metals.Con-flĕx'ŭre, n. p. 272A bending. [Obs.] Bailey.Cŏn'flĭct, n. p. 272A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. 2. A striving to oppose or overcome; contest; strife; combat; collision. As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself…Con-flict', v. i. p. 272To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide; as, conflicting waves. “Conflicting elements.” Shak. 2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife; as, conflicting…Con-flict'ĭve, a. p. 272Tending to conflict. Massinger.Con-flŭct'ū-āte, v. i. p. 272To flow together. [Obs.] Ash.Cŏn'flu-ençe, n. p. 272A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft. 2. The running together of people; the act of…Cŏn'flu-ent, a. p. 272Flowing together; meeting in a common current or basin; running one into another. These confluent streams make some great river’s head. Blackmore. 2. Affluent. [Rare.] Chapman. 3. (Bot.) United at…Cŏn'flu-ent, n. p. 272A small stream which flows into a large one. 2. The place of meeting or confluence of streams, &c. The confluent where both streams meet together. Holland.Cŏn'flux, n. p. 272A flowing together; a meeting of currents. Knots by the conflux of meeting sap Infect the sound pine. Shak. 2. A large assemblage; a crowd; a multitude. He quickly, by the general conflux and…Con-flûx'i-bil'i-ty, n. p. 272The tendency of fluids to run together. [Rare.] Boyle.Con-flāx'i-ble, a. p. 272Inclined to flow or run together.Con-flŭx'i-ble-ness, n. p. 272Confluxibility.Con-fôrm', a. p. 272Made to resemble; assuming the same form; like; resembling; similar. [Obs.] Bacon.Con-fōrm', v. t. p. 272To shape in accordance with; to make like; to reduce to a likeness or correspondence in character, form, manners, &c.; to bring into harmony or agreement with; — with to or unto. Demand of them…Con-fôrm', v. i. p. 272To conduct in accordance with; to comply with; to yield to; to obey; — with to, or sometimes with. A rule to which experience must conform. Whewell. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of…Con-fôrm'/a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 272The state of being conformable. 2. (Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact.Con-fôrm'a-ble, a. p. 272Corresponding in form, shape, character, opinions, &c.; similar; like;— usually followed by to. He [Galileo] could not be satisfied without maintaining his favorite opinion to be conformable to…Con-fôrm'a-ble-ness, n. p. 272Conformability.Con-fôrm'a-bly, adv. p. 272With, or in, conformity; suitably; agreeably. “Conformably to the law and nature of God.” Bp. Beveridge.Con-fôrm'ançe, n. p. 272Conformation. [Rare.] Marston.Con-fôrm'ate, a. p. 272Having the same form.