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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-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.Con-tĕm'per-a-ment, n. p. 283The condition of being contempered; temperament. Derham.Con-tĕm'per-āte, v. t. p. 283To contemper; to moderate. [Rare.] “Contemperate the air.” Browne.Con-tĕm'per-ā'tion, n. p. 283The act of contempering or moderating; moderation. “The contemperation of fervor in the heart.” Browne. 2. Proportionate mixture or combination. “Contemperation of light and shade.” Boyle.Con-tēm'per-a-tūre, n. p. 283The condition of being contempered or proportionally mixed; temperament. [Rare.] “The different contemperature of the elements.” South.Cŏn'tem-plāte or Con-tĕm'plāte, v. t. p. 283To look at on all sides or in all bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I…Cŏn’tem-plāte or Con-tèm’plāte, v. i. p. 283To look with care; to think studiously; to ponder; to muse; to meditate. So many hours must I contemplate. Shak.Cŏnˡtemˡplāˡtion, n. p. 283The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation. In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. Milton.…Con-tĕm'/pla-tĭst, n. p. 283One who contemplates; a contemplator. I. Taylor.