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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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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.Cŏn'sul, n. p. 282(Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic, chosen originally from the patricians, but later from the plebeians also. 2. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three supreme magistrates of France…Cōn'sul-age, n. p. 282(Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce in a foreign place. Smart.Cŏn'su-lar or Cŏn'su-la-ry, a. p. 282Pertaining to a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity, or privileges.