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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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.
  2. Con-süm'ma-tive, a.p. 282Serving to consummate; completing. “The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy.” Sir W. Hamilton.
  3. 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.…
  4. Con-sŭmp'tion-al, a.p. 282Consumptive. [R.] Fuller.
  5. Con-sŭmp'tion-a-ry, a.p. 282Pertaining to, or of the nature of, consumption. [Rare.] .... Bp. Gauden.
  6. 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…
  7. Con-sŭmp'tive-ly, adv.p. 282In a way tending to consumption. Beddoes.
  8. Con-sŭmp'tive-ness, n.p. 282A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.
  9. Con-sū'tile, a.p. 282Sewed together. [Obs.] Bailey.
  10. Con-tăb'/u-lāte, v. t.p. 282To floor with boards. [Obs.] [Gayton.
  11. Con-tăb/ū-lā'tion, n.p. 282Act of laying with boards, or of flooring. [Obs.] Bailey.
  12. Cŏnʹtact, n.p. 282A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
  13. Con-tăc'tion, n.p. 282Act of touching. [Obs.] Browne.
  14. 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…
  15. Con-tā'giōned, a.p. 282Affected by contagion.
  16. Con-tā′giou-ist, n.p. 282One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as the plague, &c.
  17. 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…
  18. Con-tā'giotis-ly, adv.p. 282By contagion.
  19. Con-tā'giōus-ness, n.p. 282The quality of being contagious.
  20. 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…
  21. Con-tāin’, v. i.p. 282To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Milton.
  22. Con-tāin'a-ble, a.p. 282Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
  23. Con-tāin'ant, n.p. 282One who, or that which, contains; a container.
  24. Con-tāin'er, n.p. 282One who, or that which, contains.
  25. Con-tain'ment, n.p. 282That which is contained; the extent. “The containment of a rich man's estate.” Fuller.
  26. Con-tăm'i-na-ble, a.p. 282Capable of being contaminated.
  27. 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…
  28. Con-tăm'/i-nate, a.p. 283Having contamination or defilement; polluted; corrupt; tainted. “Contaminate drink.” Daniel.
  29. Con-tăm'i-nā'tion, n.p. 283The act of contaminating or polluting; pollution; defilement; taint.
  30. Con-tăm’i-na-tive, a.p. 283Tending to contaminate.
  31. Con-tăn'ker-oŭs, a.p. 283Vile to the lowest degree; execrable; perverse; hateful. [Ireland.] [Written also cantankerous.]
  32. Cŏn’teck, n.p. 283Quarrel; contention. [Obs.] Contek: soon by concord might be ended. Spenser.
  33. Con-tēc'tion, n.p. 283A covering. [Obs.] Browne.
  34. Cōn-tĕm'er-āte, v. t.p. 283To pollute; to defile; to violate. [Obs.] Bailey.
  35. 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.…
  36. Con-tĕm'ner, n.p. 283One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. “Contemners of the gods.” South.
  37. Con-tĕm'ning-ly, adv.p. 283Contemptuously; slightingly.
  38. 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.
  39. Con-tĕm'per-a-ment, n.p. 283The condition of being contempered; temperament. Derham.
  40. Con-tĕm'per-āte, v. t.p. 283To contemper; to moderate. [Rare.] “Contemperate the air.” Browne.
  41. 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.
  42. Con-tēm'per-a-tūre, n.p. 283The condition of being contempered or proportionally mixed; temperament. [Rare.] “The different contemperature of the elements.” South.
  43. 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…
  44. 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.
  45. 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.…
  46. Con-tĕm'/pla-tĭst, n.p. 283One who contemplates; a contemplator. I. Taylor.
  47. Con-tĕm′pla-tĭve, a.p. 283Pertaining to, addicted to, or employed in contemplation; studious; thoughtful. “Fixed and contemplative their looks.” Denham. 2. Having the power of thought or meditation. “The contemplative part of…
  48. Con·tĕm'pla-tīve, n.p. 283(Eccl.) A friar belonging to the order of Mary Magdalen.
  49. Con-tēm'-pla-tīve-ly, adv.p. 283With contemplation; attentively; thoughtfully; with deep attention.
  50. Con-tēm'pla-tīve-ness, n.p. 283The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.
  51. Cōn'/tem-plā'/tor, n.p. 283One who contemplates; one employed in study or meditation. Browne.
  52. Con-tëm'/po-ra-nē/i-ty, n.p. 283State of being contemporaneous. “The lines of contemporaneity in the oolitic system.” J. Phillips.
  53. Con-tĕm'po-rā'ne-oŭs, a.p. 283Living, acting, or transpiring at the same time; contemporary.
  54. Con-tĕm′po-rā′ne-ōus-ly, adv.p. 283At the same time with some other event.
  55. Con-tēm'po-rā'ne-ous-ness, n.p. 283The state or quality of being contemporaneous. Giddion.
  56. Con-tĕm′po-ra-ri-ness, n.p. 283Existence at the same time. Howell.
  57. Con-tĕm'po-ra-ry, a.p. 283Living, acting, or transpiring at the same time; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.
  58. Con-tĕm′po-ra-ry, n.p. 283One who lives at the same time with another; as, Socrates and Plato were contemporaries.
  59. Con-tĕm′po-rīze, v. t.p. 283To make contemporary; to place in the same age or time. [Obs.] Browne.
  60. Con-tĕmpt', n.p. 283The act of contemning or despising; the act of treating as mean, vile, and worthless; disdain. For, the contempt of life and pleasure seems To argue in thee something more sublime And excellent than…