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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'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.Cŏn'su-late, n. p. 282The office of a consul. Addison. 2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent.Côn'sul-ship, n. p. 282The office of a consul; consulate. 2. The term of office of a consul.Con-sŭlt', v. i. p. 282To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate. Let us consult upon to-morrow’s business. Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings of England, consulting…Con-sŭlt′, v. t. p. 282To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply or recur to for information or instruction. Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . .; they were content to consult libraries. Whewell. 2. To…Con-sŭlt' or Cŏn'sult, n. p. 282The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation. [Obs.] The council broke, And all their grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden. 2. A council or deliberative assembly. [Obs.] “A consult of…Con-sült'a-ry, a. p. 282Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Ogilvie.Cŏn'sul-tā'tion, n. p. 282The act of consulting; deliberating of two or more persons, with a view to some decision. Thus they their doubtful consultations dark Ended. Milton. 2. A meeting of persons to consult together; a…Con-sült'a-tive, a. p. 282Pertaining to consultation; capable, or having the privilege of, conference. “A consultative power.” Bp. Bramhall.Con-súlt'er, n. p. 282One who consults, or asks counsel or information.Con-sŭlt'ing, p. a. p. 282Imparting advice or information. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease. Dunglison.Con-sŭlt'ive, a. p. 282Determined by consultation; deliberate; consultative. He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. Bp. Taylor.Con-sūm'a-ble, a. p. 282Capable of being consumed; able to be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. “Consumable commodities.” Locke.Con-sūme′, v. t. p. 282To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste. “Grief consumed her soul.” Motley. If he were putting to my house the brand That should consume it, I…Con-sūme′, v. i. p. 282To waste away slowly; to become exhausted. Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs. Shak.Con-sūm'er, n. p. 282One who consumes, spends, wastes, or destroys; that which consumes.Con-süm'ing-ly, adv. p. 282In a consuming manner; destructively.Cŏn'sum-māte or Cŏn-sŭm'māte, v. t. p. 282To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to perfect; to achieve; as, to consummate a business. There is nothing wanting to consummate thy misery, but the apprehension of thy…Con-süm'mate, a. p. 282Carried to the utmost extent or degree; complete; perfect. “A man of perfect and consummate virtue.” Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley.Con-sŭm'mate-ly, adv. p. 282In a consummate manner; completely. Warton.Cŏn'sum-mā'tion, n. p. 282The act of carrying to the utmost extent or degree; completion; termination; close; perfection. “From its original to its consummation.” Addison.Con-süm'ma-tive, a. p. 282Serving to consummate; completing. “The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy.” Sir W. Hamilton.Con-sūmp'tion, n. p. 282The act of consuming by use, waste, dissipation, &c.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke.…Con-sŭmp'tion-al, a. p. 282Consumptive. [R.] Fuller.Con-sŭmp'tion-a-ry, a. p. 282Pertaining to, or of the nature of, consumption. [Rare.] .... Bp. Gauden.Con-sŭmp'tive, a. p. 282Having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. “It [prayer] is not consumptive of our time.” Sharp. “A long consumptive war.” Addison. 2. Affected with, or inclined to…Con-sŭmp'tive-ly, adv. p. 282In a way tending to consumption. Beddoes.Con-sŭmp'tive-ness, n. p. 282A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.Con-sū'tile, a. p. 282Sewed together. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-tăb'/u-lāte, v. t. p. 282To floor with boards. [Obs.] [Gayton.Con-tăb/ū-lā'tion, n. p. 282Act of laying with boards, or of flooring. [Obs.] Bailey.Cŏnʹtact, n. p. 282A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.Con-tăc'tion, n. p. 282Act of touching. [Obs.] Browne.Con-tā'giōn, n. p. 282(Med.) The act or process of transmitting a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact. Dunglison. 2. That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; pestilential…Con-tā'giōned, a. p. 282Affected by contagion.Con-tā′giou-ist, n. p. 282One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as the plague, &c.Con-tā'giōus, a. p. 282(Med.) Communicable by contact; catching; as, a contagious disease. 2. Containing or generating contagion; pestilential; as, contagious air. 3. Spreading or communicable from one to another. His…Con-tā'giotis-ly, adv. p. 282By contagion.Con-tā'giōus-ness, n. p. 282The quality of being contagious.Con-tāin', v. t. p. 282To hold within fixed limits; to comprehend; to comprise. What thy stores contain bring forth. Milton. When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound. Shak. 2. To…Con-tāin’, v. i. p. 282To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Milton.Con-tāin'a-ble, a. p. 282Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.Con-tāin'ant, n. p. 282One who, or that which, contains; a container.Con-tāin'er, n. p. 282One who, or that which, contains.Con-tain'ment, n. p. 282That which is contained; the extent. “The containment of a rich man's estate.” Fuller.Con-tăm'i-na-ble, a. p. 282Capable of being contaminated.Con-tăm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 283To soil, stain, or corrupt by defiling contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute. Shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon…Con-tăm'/i-nate, a. p. 283Having contamination or defilement; polluted; corrupt; tainted. “Contaminate drink.” Daniel.Con-tăm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 283The act of contaminating or polluting; pollution; defilement; taint.Con-tăm’i-na-tive, a. p. 283Tending to contaminate.Con-tăn'ker-oŭs, a. p. 283Vile to the lowest degree; execrable; perverse; hateful. [Ireland.] [Written also cantankerous.]Cŏn’teck, n. p. 283Quarrel; contention. [Obs.] Contek: soon by concord might be ended. Spenser.Con-tēc'tion, n. p. 283A covering. [Obs.] Browne.Cōn-tĕm'er-āte, v. t. p. 283To pollute; to defile; to violate. [Obs.] Bailey.Con-tēm'n', v. t. p. 283To consider and treat as mean and despicable; to neglect as unworthy of regard; to reject with disdain; to slight. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws.…Con-tĕm'ner, n. p. 283One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. “Contemners of the gods.” South.Con-tĕm'ning-ly, adv. p. 283Contemptuously; slightingly.Con-tĕm'per, v. t. p. 283To reduce to a lower degree by mixture with opposite or different qualities; to temper; to moderate. The leaves qualify and contemper the heat. Ray.