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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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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.Cŏn'/for-mā'tion, n. p. 273The act of conforming; the act of producing suitableness or conformity; the state of being conformed; agreement; harmony. The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and…Con-fôrm'er, n. p. 273One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.Con-fōrm'ist, n. p. 273One who conforms or complies; especially, one who complies with the worship of the church of England, or of the established church, as distinguished from a dissenter or non-conformist.Con-fōrm'i-ty, n. p. 273Correspondence in character or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else;— followed by to, with, or between. We can not be otherwise happy, but by our conformity to God.…Cŏn'/for-tā'/tion, n. p. 273The act of comforting or giving strength. [Obs.] Bacon.Con-found', v. t. p. 273To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished, especially so that one thing is mistaken for another; to confuse utterly; to mistake by error. They who strip not ideas from…Con-found'ed, p. a. p. 273Confused; perplexed. “A cloudy and confounded philosopher.” Cudworth. 2. Very great; enormous; abominable. [Colloq.] “He was a confounded tory.” Swift. “The tongue of that confounded woman.” W. Scott.Con-found'ed-ly, adv. p. 273Enormously; greatly; shamefully. Secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick. Goldsmith.Con-found'ed-ness, n. p. 273The state of being confounded. Milton.Con-found'er, n. p. 273One who confounds.Cōn'fract, a. p. 273Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.] Henry More.Cŏn'fra-gōse', a. p. 273Broken; uneven. [Obs.] “Confragose cataracts.” Evelyn.Côn'fra-têr'ni-ty, n. p. 273A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood. These live in one society and confraternity, and by the name of brethren. Stow.Con-frī'ar, n. p. 273A brother or associate in a society or religious order. [Obs.] Weever.Cŏn/frĭ-cā'tion, n. p. 273The act of rubbing against or together; friction. Bacon.Con-frŏnt', v. t. p. 273To stand facing, or in front of; to face. We four, indeed, confronted here with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spake, and then confronts the bull, And on his forehead aiming full, The deadly stroke…Con`fron-tā'tion, n. p. 273The act of confronting. Swinburne.Con-frȯnt'er, n. p. 273One who confronts. “A confronter in authority.” Speed.Con-frȯnt'ment, n. p. 273Confrontation. [Rare.]Con-fū'cian, a. p. 273Of, or relating to, Confucius, the famous Chinese philosopher.Con-fū'cian, n. p. 273A Confucianist.Con-fū'cian-ism, n. p. 273The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the…Con-fū'cian-ist, n. p. 273A follower of Confucius; a Confucian. S. W. Williams.Con-fūs'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 273Capability of being confused.Con-fūs'a-ble, a. p. 273Capable of being confused.Con-fūse', a. p. 273Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] Barret.Con-fūse', v. t. p. 273To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to render indistinct or obscure. At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused, Borne…Con-fūs'ed-ly, adv. p. 273In a confused manner; with confusion. Milton.Con-fūs'ed-ness, n. p. 273A state of confusion. The cause of the confusedness of our notions, next to natural inability, is want of attention. Norris.Con-fūse'ly, adv. p. 273Obscurely. [Obs.] Barret.Con-fū'sion, n. p. 273The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pell-mell havoc and confusion. Shak. We…Con-fūt'a-ble, a. p. 273Capable of being confuted. “A conceit . . . confutable by daily experience.” Browne.Con-fūt'ant, n. p. 273One who confutes or undertakes to confute. Milton.Con-fu-tā'tion, n. p. 273The act of confuting, disproving, or proving to be false or invalid; refutation. “To speak his word of truth for the edification of some and the confutation of others.” Bp. Horne.Con-fūt'a-tīve, a. p. 273Adapted or designed to confute. Warburton.Con-fūte′, v. t. p. 273To overwhelm by argument; to convict beyond the possibility of reply; to put to silence; to overcome. Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing and fallacious drift. Milton. 2. To…Con-fūte'ment, n. p. 273Confutation. [Obs.] Milton.Con-fùt'er, n. p. 273One who confutes or disproves.Cŏng, n. p. 273See CONGIUS.Cŏn'gē, n. p. 273The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell. “His conge came to take.” Spencer. 2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy. The captain salutes you with conge…