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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-jūr'er, n. p. 275One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.Cŏn'jur-er, n. p. 275One who practices magic or legerdemain; one who pretends to act by the aid of supernatural power. From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior. 2. A man of shrewd…Con-jū'ror, n. p. 275(Law.) One bound by a common oath with others.Cŏnn, v. t. p. 275See CUN. Kane.Con-năs'çençe or Con-năs'çen-çy, n. p. 275The common birth of two or more at the same time; production of two or more together. Johnson. 2. A being born or produced with another. 3. The act of growing together, or at the same time. Wiseman.Con-năs'çent, a. p. 275Born together; produced at the same time.Cŏn'nate or Con-nāte', a. p. 275Born with another; being of the same birth; existing from birth. “Connate notions.” South. 2. (Bot.) United in origin; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as…Cŏn'nate-per-fō'li-ate, a. p. 276(Bot.) Growing together or connate at their bases;—said of leaves so united as to surround the stem.Con-nā'tion, n. p. 276Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] More.Con-nāt'ū-ral, a. p. 276Connected by nature; united in nature; in-born; inherent; natural. These affections are connatural to us, and as we grow up, so do they. L'Estrange. 2. Participating of the same nature. “And mix with…Con-nāt'ū-rāl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 276Participation of the same nature; natural union. There is a congruity and connaturality between them. Hale.Con-năt'ū-ral-īze, v. t. p. 276To connect by nature. Scott.Con-nāt'ū-ral-ly, adv. p. 276By the act of nature; originally. Hale.Con-nāt'ū-ral-ness, n. p. 276Participation of the same nature; natural union; connaturally. Walton.Con-nēct', v. t. p. 276To knit, link, or fasten together, as by something intervening, or by weaving, winding, or twining; hence, to establish a bond, relation, or association between. Connect natural events with moral or…Con-nĕct', v. i. p. 276To become joined, united, or coherent; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects regularly with another; one argument connects with another.Con-nēct'ed-ly, adv. p. 276By connection; in a connected manner.Con-nĕc'tion, n. p. 276The act of uniting, or state of being united; junction; union; alliance; communication; correspondence. Each intermediate idea must be such as, in the whole chain, hath a visible connection with the…Con-nēct'īve, a. p. 276Having the power of connecting.Con-nēct'ive, n. p. 276(Gram.) A word that connects other words, or that connects sentences; a conjunction. 2. (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its two lobes or cells together.Con-nēct'ive-ly, adv. p. 276In union or conjunction; jointly. Swift.Con-nēct'or, n. p. 276One who, or that which, connects; specifically, a flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments.Cōn'ner, n. p. 276(Ichth.) A small sea-fish of the New England coast;—called also blue-perch. Storer.Con-nēx', v. t. p. 276To link together; to join. [Obs.] Hale.Con-nĕx'ion, n. p. 276Same as CONNECTION, q. v.Con-nēx'īve, a. p. 276Having the power to connect; uniting; conjunctive; as, connexive particles. [Rare.] Watts.Con'nic-tā'tion, n. p. 276A winking. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-nīv'ance, n. p. 276Intentional failure or forbearance to see a fault; voluntary oversight. Such abuses had gradually prevailed and gained strength by connivance. Hallam. Syn.—See COLLUSION.Con-nīve', v. i. p. 276To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.] “To connive with either eye.” Spectator. 2. To close the eyes upon a fault or other act; to fail or forbear, by intention, to see a fault;—usually…Con-nīve', v. t. p. 276To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [Rare.] Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed. Milton.Con-niv'en-cy, n. p. 276Connivance. [Obs.] Bacon.Con-niv'ent, a. p. 276Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [Rare.] Milton. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Brought close together; converging; as, the connivent leaves of a flower, wings of an insect, or…Con-niv'er, n. p. 276One who connives.Cŏn/nois-seur′, n. p. 276One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge or master of any art, particularly of painting, music, and sculpture. “To get the name of connoisseur.” Swift.Cŏn'/nois-seur'/ship, n. p. 276The skill of a connoisseur. Byron.Cŏn'no-tāte, v. t. p. 276To designate with something else; to betoken; to imply. [Rare.] Hammond.Cŏn-no-tā'tion, n. p. 276The act of making known or designating with something; implication of something beside itself; inference; illation; implication of attributes. Hale.Con-not'a-tive, a. p. 276Implying something additional; illative. 2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See CONNOTE. Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill.Con-nōte', v. t. p. 276To signify as additional; to imply; to denote or designate; to include. Good, in the general notion of it, . . . connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South. The word…Con-nū'bi-al, a. p. 276Pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial. “Connubial love.” Milton. “Kind, connubial tenderness.” Goldsmith.Con-nū'mer-ā'tion, n. p. 276A reckoning together. Porson.Cŏn'na-sance, n. p. 276(Law.) Cognizance, knowledge. See COGNIZANCE.Cŏn'nais-sant, a. p. 276Having knowledge; informed; apprised. A neutral vessel, breaking a blockade, is liable to confiscation, if connaissant of the blockade. Browne.Cōn'nu-sōr', n. p. 276See COGNIZOR.Cŏn-nŭ-trĭ'tiŏŭs, a. p. 276Nourishing together.Cŏn'ny, a. p. 276Brave; fine. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also canny.] Grose.Cō/no-hē'lix, n. p. 276(Conch.) A genus of turbinated shells intermediate between the cones and the volutes.Cō'noid, n. p. 276Any thing that has a form resembling that of a cone. 2. (Geom.) (a.) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, &c.;—more commonly…Cō'noid, a. p. 276Having the form of a cone.Con-noid'al, a. p. 276Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley.Co-noid'ic or Co-noid'ic-al, a. p. 276Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.Co-nōm'i-nee', n. p. 276One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.Cō'nops, n. p. 276(Entom.) A Linnean genus of dipterous insects, characterized by having an elongated, slender, pointed proboscis. Brande.Con-quad′rāte, v. t. p. 276To bring into a square. [Rare.]Con-quǎs'sāte, v. t. p. 276To shake. [Obs.] Harvey.Con'quas-sā'tion, n. p. 276A shaking; agitation; concussion. [Obs.] Bailey.Cŏn'quer, v. t. p. 276(Formerly pronounced kŏŋk'wer.) [imp. & p. p. CONQUERED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONQUERING.] [O. Fr. conquierre, conquer-rer, N. Fr. conquerir, Pr. conquerre, conquerer, conquerir, Sp. conquerir, It.…Cŏn'quer, v. i. p. 276To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail. The champions resolved to conquer or to die. Waller.Cŏn'quer-a-ble, a. p. 276Capable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued. South.Cōn'quer-a-ble-ness, n. p. 276Capability of being conquered.