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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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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…Cŏn'script, n. p. 277One taken by lot from the conscription list, and compelled to serve as a soldier or sailor.Con-scrip'tion, n. p. 277An enrolling or registering. “The conscription of men of war.” Burnet. 2. A compulsory enrollment of individuals of a certain age, held liable to be drafted for military or naval service.Con-scrip'tion-al, a. p. 277Belonging to a conscription:Cŏn'se-crāte, v. t. p. 277To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service and worship of God; as, to consecrate a church. One day in the week is, by a public…Cŏn'se-crate, a. p. 277Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.Cŏn'se-crā'ted-ness, n. p. 277State of being consecrated.Cōn'se-crā'ter, n. p. 277See CONSECRATOR.Cŏn'se-crā'tion, n. p. 277The act or ceremony of separating from a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God; dedication. Consecration makes not a place sacred…Cŏn'se-crā'tor, n. p. 277One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Written also consecrater.]Cŏn'se-crā'to-ry, a. p. 277Making sacred; dedicatory. “The consecratory prayer.” Burnet.Cŏn'sec-tā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 277Following as a matter of course. Gilbert.Cŏn'sec-ta-ry, a. p. 277Following by consequence; consequent; deducible. [Rare.] “Consectary impieties.” Browne.Cŏn'sec-ta-ry, n. p. 277That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary. Milton.Cŏn'se-cūte, v. t. p. 277To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] Burnet.Cŏn'se-cū'tion, n. p. 277A following, or sequel; train of consequences from premises; series of deductions. Hale. 2. A succession or series of things that follow one another; as, a consecution of colors. Newton. Month of…Con-sĕc′ū-tive, a. p. 277Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; as, fifty consecutive years. 2. Following as a consequence or result…Con-sêc'ū-tīve-ly, adv. p. 277By way of consequence, or succession; successively.Con-sĕc'ū-tīve-ness, n. p. 277State or quality of being consecutive.Con-sēm’i-nāte, v. t. p. 277To sow or plant together. [Obs.] Bailey.Cŏn'se-nĕs'cence or Cŏn'se-nĕs'cen-cy, n. p. 277A growing old; decay from age; as, the consenescence of the world. Ray.Con-sĕnse', n. p. 277A sense or feeling in union with some other. [Rare.] Cudworth.Con-sên'sion, n. p. 277Agreement; accord. [Obs.] Bentley.Con-sĕn'su-al, a. p. 277(Law.) Existing by consent; as, a consensual contract. Bouvier. 2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, and not through an intermediate discriminating will or feeling; as, the consensual…Con-sent',, n. p. 277Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord; concurrence. They fell together all, as by consent. Shak. 2. Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony…Con-sĕnt', v. i. p. 277To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. Flourishing many years before Wycliffe, and much consenting with him in judgment. Fuller. 2. To indicate or express a…Con-sĕnt', v. t. p. 277To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. [Obs.] Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton.Con-sĕn-ta-nē'i-ty, n. p. 277Mutual agreement.Cŏn'sen-tā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 277Consistent with; agreeable or accordant to; suitable. “A good law, and consentaneous to reason.” Howell.Côn'sen-tā'ne-oûs-ly, adv. p. 277Agreeably; consistently; suitably.Cŏn'sen-tā'ne-oûs-ness, n. p. 277The quality of being consistent; mutual agreement.Con-sént'er, n. p. 277One who consents.Con-sĕn’tient, a. p. 277Agreeing in mind; accordant in opinion. The authority due to the consentient judgment of the church. Pearson.Con-sĕnt'ing-ly, adv. p. 277With consent; in a compliant manner.Côn'se-quence, n. p. 277That which flows out of, and follows, something on which it depends; result. Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence; for know, The day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die. Milton. 2. (Log.) A…Côn'se-quence, v. t. p. 277To draw inferences; to deduce. [Obs.] “A school-boy way of defining and consequencing.” Milton.Cŏn'se-quent, a. p. 277Following as a result or inference;—with to or on. The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke. 2. (Log.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a…Côn'se-quent, n. p. 277That which follows, or results from, a cause. They were ill governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Davies. 2. (Log.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that…Cōn'se-quén'tial, a. p. 277Following as a consequence or result; consequent. All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed by those to whom it is proposed, because it is of divine authority.…Côn'se-quên'tial-ly, adv. p. 278With just deduction of consequences; with right connection of ideas; logically. “The faculty of writing consequentially.” Addison. 2. By consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing…Côn'se-quên'tial-ness, n. p. 278The quality of being consequential.Cŏn'se-quent-ly, adv. p. 278By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection. Syn.—See ACCORDINGLY.Cŏn'se-quent-ness, n. p. 278Regular connection of propositions following each other; logical or natural consecution. [Rare.] Digby.Con-sēr'tion, n. p. 278Junction; adaptation. [Rare.] Young.Con-sĕrv'a-ble, a. p. 278Capable of being kept or preserved from decay or injury.Con-sĕrv'an-cy, n. p. 278The act of preserving; preservation. Court of conservancy, a court held by the lord mayor of London for the preservation of the fishery on the Thames. Johnson.Con-sĕrv'ant, a. p. 278Having the power or quality of preserving from decay or destruction.Cŏn'ser-vā'tion, n. p. 278The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping of a thing in a safe or entire state; preservation. A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam. A state without the…Cŏn'ser-vā'tion-al, a. p. 278Tending to conserve; preservative.