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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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Cŏn’ster-nā’tĭon, n. p. 280Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for consideration; excessive terror, wonder, or surprise; dismay. This increased the consternation and belief in every body that…Cōn'sti-pāte, v. t. p. 281To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon. 2. To stop, as a passage, by filling it, and preventing motion…Cŏn'sti-pā'tion, n. p. 281The act of crowding any thing into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. “Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles.” Boyle.…Con-stĭt'ū-en-cy, n. p. 281A body of constituents, or of electors who make choice of a representative.Con-stĭt'ū-ent, a. p. 281Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; constituting; component. Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. Dryden. 2. Having the power of electing or…Con-stĭt'ū-ent, n. p. 281The person or thing which establishes, determines, or constructs. Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance. Hale. 2. That which constitutes or…Cŏn'sti-tūte, v. t. p. 281To cause to stand; to establish; to set; to enact. “Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.” Bp. Taylor. 2. To give formal existence to; to make up; to compose; to form. Truth and reason…Cŏn'sti-tūte, n. p. 281An established law. [Obs.] “A man that will not obey the king's constitute.” Preston.Cŏn'sti-tū'ter, n. p. 281One who constitutes or appoints.Cŏn'sti-tū'tion, n. p. 281The act of constituting, enacting, establishing, or appointing; formation. 2. The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which characterizes a system or body…Cŏn'sti-tū'tion-al, a. p. 281Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness. 2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the…Cŏn’sti-tū’tion-al, n. p. 281A walk or other exercise taken for the benefit of health or the constitution. ☞ The term is said to have originated at Cambridge University, England. Thackeray.Cŏn/sti-tū'tion-al-ism, n. p. 281The theory, principles, or authority of a constitution. Carlyle.Cŏn/sti-tū'tion-al-ist, n. p. 281An adherent to the constitution. 2. A reformer of constitutions. “The revolutionists and constitutionalists of France.” Burke.Cŏn/sti-tū'tion-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 281The state of being constitutional, or of being inherent in the natural frame; as, the constitutionality of disease. Coxe. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of…Cŏn/sti-tū'tion-al-ize, v. i. p. 281To take a walk or other exercise for the benefit of the health. [Eng. Universities.]Cŏn'sti-tū'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 281In accordance with the constitution or natural frame; naturally. “The English were constitutionally humane.” Hallam. 2. In accordance with the constitution or frame of government. Burke.Cŏn'sti-tū'tion-a-ry, a. p. 281Constitutional. [Rare.]Cŏn'sti-tū'tion-ist, n. p. 281One who adheres to the constitution of the country. Bolingbroke.Cŏn'sti-tū'tive, a. p. 281Tending or assisting to constitute, form, or compose; elemental; essential. An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow. 2. Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting.…Cŏn'sti-tū'tive-ly, adv. p. 281In a constitutive manner.Con-strāin', v. t. p. 281To secure by bonds; to chain; to confine. He binds in chains The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains. Dryden. 2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress; to constrict. How the strait stays…Con-strāin'a-ble, a. p. 281Capable of being constrained, forced, or repressed; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker.Con-strāin'ed-ly, adv. p. 281By constraint; by compulsion. Hooker.Con-strāin'er, n. p. 281One who constrains.Con-strāint', n. p. 281The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; compulsion; restraint; confinement. “Long imprisonment and hard constraint.” 2. That which constrains; any force or power which compels to…Con-strâint'ive, a. p. 281Having power to compel. [Rare.] “Constraining necessity of a constraintive vow.” Coxe.Con-strict', v. t. p. 281To draw together; to bind; to cramp; to draw into a narrow compass; to contract or cause to shrink. “Such things as constrict the fibers.” Arbuthnot.Con-strict'ed, p. a. p. 281Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped. 2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others. Constricted Pod.Con-stric'tion, n. p. 281The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted; the act of binding or being bound. “A constriction of the parts inservient to speech.” Grew.Con-strict'ive, a. p. 281Serving to bind or constringe.Con-strict'or, n. p. 281That which constricts, draws together, or contracts. 2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which binds and compresses an organ. 3. (Zool.) A serpent which secures its prey by…Con-stringe′, v. t. p. 281To draw together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict. Strong liquors constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot.Con-strĭn′gent, a. p. 281Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson.Con-strŭct', v. t. p. 281To put together in their proper place and order the constituent parts of; to build; to form; as, to construct an edifice. 2. To devise and put in an orderly arrangement; to arrange; as, to construct…Cŏn'struct, a. p. 281Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. Construct form or state (Heb. Gram.), the form which, in the genitive relation, is given to the governing substantive, instead…Con-strŭct'er, n. p. 281One who constructs or frames.Con-strŭc′tion, n. p. 281The act of constructing; the act of building, or of devising and forming; fabrication; composition. 2. The manner of putting together the parts of any thing so as to give to the whole its peculiar…Con-strŭc'tion-al, a. p. 281Pertaining to construction; deduced from construction or interpretation; constructional. Waterland.Con-strŭc'tion-ĭst, n. p. 281One who construes a writing or public instrument.Con-strūct'ive, a. p. 281Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power or talent. H. Miller. 2. Derived by construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but…Con-strŭct'ive-ly, adv. p. 281In a constructive manner; by way of construction or interpretation; by fair inference. A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or constructively by notice…Con-strŭct'ive-ness, n. p. 281Tendency to form or construct. 2. (Phren.) The faculty which predisposes to construction, mechanical, artistic, or literary. Combe.Con-strŭct′ūre, n. p. 281That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric. [R.] Then shall the earth’s constructure closely bind, And to the center keep the parts confined. Blackmore.Cŏn'strue, v. t. p. 281To exhibit the structure, arrangement, and connection of, as of a sentence or clause; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate. 2. To put a construction upon; to explain the sense…Cŏn'stu-prāte, v. t. p. 282To violate the person of; to ravish; to debauch; to deflower. Burton.Côn'stu-prā'tion, n. p. 282The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall.Cŏn/sub-sīst', v. i. p. 282To subsist together. [Rare.] Search.Côn'sub-stān'tial, a. p. 282Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; co-essential. It continueth a body consubstantial with our bodies: a body of the same, both nature and measure, which it had on…Cŏn'sub-stănʼtial-ĭst, n. p. 282One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow.Cŏn'/sub-stăn'/tial-ĭsm, n. p. 282The doctrine of consubstantiation.Cŏn/sub-stăn/ti-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 282Participation of the same nature; co-existence in the same substance. “His [the Son’s] . . . consubstantiality with the Father.” Hammond.Cŏn'sub-stăn′tial-ly, adv. p. 282In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.Cŏn/sub-stăn’ti-āte, v. t. p. 282To unite in one common substance or nature. [Rare.] “Soul consubstantiated with reason.” Bp. Taylor.Cŏn'sub-stăn′ti-āte, v. i. p. 282To profess or believe the doctrine of consubstantiation. “The consubstantiating church and priest.” Dryden.Cŏn'sub-stăn′ti-ate, a. p. 282Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial. Feltham.Cŏn'/sub-stăn'/ti-ā'/tion, n. p. 282An identity or union of substance. 2. (Theol.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord’s supper;—opposed to transubstantiation. ☞…Cŏn'sue-tūde, n. p. 282That which is customary; usage. [Rare.] “To observe this consuetude or law.” Barnes.Cŏn'sue-tū'di-nal or Cŏn'sue-tū'di-na-ry, a. p. 282According to custom; usual; common. [Rare.]Cŏn'sue-tū'di-na-ry, n. p. 282A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.