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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-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.Cōn'quer-ess, n. p. 276A woman who conquers; a victorious female. Fairfax.Cōn'quer-ing-ly, adv. p. 276By conquering; victoriously.Cŏn'quer-or, n. p. 276One who conquers; one who subdues and brings into subjection or possession by force or by influence. Deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin whereso'er…Cŏn'quest, n. p. 276The act of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjugation; victory. Nor leave one behind that doth not wish Success…Cŏn'/san-guīn'e-al, a. p. 276Of the same blood; related by birth. Browne.Con-săn'guined, a. p. 276Of kin by blood; related. [Obs.] Browne.Cŏn'san-guĭn'e-ous, a. p. 276Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.Cōn'san-guin'i-ty, n. p. 276The relation of persons by blood; the relation or connection of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage. Blackstone. Invoking…Con-sār'ci-nā'tion, n. p. 276The act of patching together. [Obs.] Bailey.Cŏn'sciençe, n. p. 276Knowledge of our own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. Denham. 2. The knowledge of our acts, states, or…Cŏn'scienced, a. p. 277Having a conscience. [Obs. and rare.] South.Cŏn'science-less, a. p. 277Having no conscience. “More careless and conscienceless.” Foxe.Cōn'scient, a. p. 277Conscious. [Obs.] Bacon.Cŏn'sci-èn'shŭs, a. p. 277Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; — said of a person. “The advice of wise and conscientious…Cŏn'sci-en'tiōus-ly, adv. p. 277Accordance to the direction of conscience; with a strict regard to right and wrong.Cŏn'sci-èn/tious-ness, n. p. 277A scrupulous regard to the decisions of conscience; a sense of justice, and strict conformity to its dictates. Locke.Cōn'scion-a-ble, a. p. 277Governed by conscience; reasonable; just. If the minister's part be rightly discharged, it renders him to the people more conscionable. Milton. Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction. Wotton.Cŏn'scion-a-ble-ness, n. p. 277The quality of being governed by conscience; reasonableness. [Obs.]Cŏn'sci-on-a-bly, adv. p. 277In a manner agreeable to conscience; reasonably; justly. [Obs.]Cŏn'sciŏŭs, a. p. 277Possessing the faculty or power of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations. Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. Watts. 2. Possessing knowledge, whether by…Cŏn'sciōus-ly, adv. p. 277With knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions or self. If these perceptions, with their consciousness, always remained in the mind, the same thinking thing would be always consciously…Cŏn'sciōŭs-ness, n. p. 277The knowledge of sensations and mental operations, or of what passes in one's own mind; the act of the mind which makes known an internal object. Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the…Con-scribe′, v. t. p. 277To write down; to enroll; to enlist. [Obs.] Scott.Cŏn'script, a. p. 277Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of Rome, the name having been applied first to certain new senators enrolled with the original body, and afterward to all…