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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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Cōn'-tu-mē'li-oŭs, a. p. 288Exhibiting contumely; overbearingly contemptuous; insolent; reproachful. “Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.” Shak. “Curving a contumelious lip.” Tennyson.Cŏn-tu-mē'li-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 288In a contumelious manner; reproachfully; rudely; insolently.Cōn′tu-mē′li-oŭs-ness, n. p. 288The state of being contumelious; insolence; reproach.Cōn'tu-me-ly, n. p. 288Rudeness or reproach compounded of haughtiness and contempt; haughty insolence; despiteful treatment; contemptuousness. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. Nothing aggravates…Con-tū'mu-lāte, v. t. p. 288To lay or bury in the same tomb or grave. [Obs.]Con-tū'mu-lā'tion, n. p. 288The act of laying in the same grave or tomb. [Obs.]Con-tūnd', v. t. p. 288To bruise by beating. [Obs.] Grafton.Con-tūse', v. t. p. 288To beat, pound, or bray together. “Roots, barks, and seeds contused together.” Bacon. 2. To bruise or injure by beating, as flesh, without making an open wound. Wiseman.Con-tū’sion, n. p. 288The act of beating and bruising. 2. The state of being bruised. 3. (Surg.) A bruise, hurt, or injury to the flesh by a blunt instrument, or by a fall, producing no breach or apparent wound.Co-nŭn′drum, n. p. 288A sort of riddle in which some odd resemblance is proposed for discovery between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.Cō'nus, n. p. 288(Bot.) A cone, as of a pine or fir-tree. 2. (Zool.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See CONE.Cōn'ū-sa-ble, a. p. 288Liable to be tried or judged; cognizable. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.Cōn'ū-sance, n. p. 288Cognizance; knowledge; notice.Cōn'ū-sant, a. p. 288Having or taking notice; knowing; cognizant.Cōn'va-lē'sce, v. t. p. 288To recover health and strength after sickness; to regain vigor after weakness. He [the king] found the queen somewhat convalesced. Knox.Cŏn'va-lĕs'çençe or Cŏn'va-lĕs'çen-çy, n. p. 288Renewal of health; the recovery of health and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness. Glover.Cŏn'va-lĕs'çent, a. p. 288Recovering health and strength after sickness or debility.Cŏn'va-lĕs'çent, n. p. 288One who is recovering from sickness.Cŏn'va-lĕs'çent-ly, adv. p. 288In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.Con-vĕc'tion, n. p. 288The act or process of conveying or transmitting. 2. (Physics.) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of…Con-vĕc'tive, a. p. 288Caused or accomplished by convection, or the motion of particles, as in liquids, gases, &c.; as, a convective discharge of electricity. Faraday.Con-vĕc'tive-ly, adv. p. 288In a convective manner; by convection. Hare.Cŏn've-na-ble, a. p. 288Consistent with; accordant to; suitable. [Obs.] With his word his work is convenable. Spenser.Con-vēn'a-ble, a. p. 288Capable of being convened or assembled.Con-vēne', v. i. p. 288To come together; to meet; to unite. [Rare.] In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Newton. 2. To come together; to meet in the same…Con-vēne', v. t. p. 288To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke. And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Pope. 2. To summon judicially to meet or appear. By the papal canon…Cŏn've-nee', n. p. 288One called or summoned with others. [Rare.]Con-vēn'er, n. p. 288One who convenes or meets with others. [Obs.] 2. One who calls an assembly together; hence, the chairman of an organized body, as a committee. [Scot.]Con-vēn'ience or Con-vēn'ien-cy, n. p. 288The state of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, &c.; adaptedness. I'll beat him, by my life, if I can meet him with any convenience. Shak. In things not commanded of God…Con-vēn'ient, a. p. 288Fit or adapted to an end; suitable; becoming; appropriate. “A convenient trick.” Atterbury. The rest was magnanimity to remit, If some convenient ransom were proposed. Milton. 2. Promotive of comfort…Con-vēn'ient-ly, adv. p. 288In a convenient or commodious manner.Cŏn'vent, n. p. 288A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.] “A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings.” B. Jonson. 2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks…Con-vént', v. t. p. 288To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] He with his oath...will make up full clear Whenever he's convented. Shak.Con-vĕnt', v. i. p. 288To meet together; to concur. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Con-vēn'ti-cal, a. p. 288Of, or pertaining to, a convent. Conventical prior, the same as an abbot.Con-vĕnt’ĭ-cle, n. p. 288An assembly or gathering. They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe. 2. An assembly for religious worship; and opprobriously, such an assembly held by…Con-vĕnt'i-cle, v. i. p. 288To belong to a conventicle; to partake of the nature of a conventicle. [Obs.] “Conventiciling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics.” South.Con-vĕnt'i-cler, n. p. 288One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden.Con-vĕn'tion, n. p. 288The act of coming together, or assembling; union. The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies. Boyle. 2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage…Con-vĕn’tion-al, a. p. 288Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures on grants, made out of the crown or knights’ service. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit…Con-vēn'-tion-al-ism, n. p. 288That which is received or established by convention or informal agreement. They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes,—wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received…Con-vĕnʹtion-al-ĭst, n. p. 288One who adheres to a convention or treaty. 2. One who is governed by conventionalism.Con-vĕnʹtion-ălʹĭ-ty, n. p. 288The state of being conventional; that which is established by conventional use; adherence to social formalities or usages.Con-vĕn’tion-al-ize, v. t. p. 288To make conventional.Con-vĕn′tion-al-ly, adv. p. 288In a conventional manner; by tacit agreement.Con-vĕnʹtion-a-ry, a. p. 288Acting under contract; settled by stipulation; conventional; as, conventionary tenants. Carew.Con-vĕn’tion-er, n. p. 288One who belongs to a convention or assembly.Con-vĕn’tion-ĭst, n. p. 288One who makes a contract.Con-vēn'tū-al, a. p. 288Belonging to a convent; monastic. “Conventual regularity.” Thackeray.Con-vĕnt'ū-al, n. p. 288One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse. “The venerable conventual.” Addison.Con-věr'ge', v. i. p. 288To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together. Colors mingle, features join, And lines converge. Akenside. The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.Con-vĕr'gence or Con-vĕr'gen-cy, n. p. 289The quality of converging; tendency to one point. “The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil.” Berkeley.Con-vèr'gent, a. p. 289Tending to one point; approaching each other from different places; converging.Con-vĕr'ging, p. a. p. 289Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent. “Converging directions.” Converging rays (Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single…Con-vèrs'a-ble, a. p. 289Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. Swift.Con-vèrs'a-ble-ness, n. p. 289The quality of being conversable; disposition or readiness to converse; sociability.Con-vèrs'a-bly, adv. p. 289In a conversable manner.Cŏn'ver-sance or Cŏn'ver-san-cy, n. p. 289The act or condition of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance.Cŏn'ver-sant, a. p. 289Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiarly associated; intimately acquainted. I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. Dryden. Never to be infected with delight, Nor…Con-vèrs'ant, n. p. 289One who converses; a converser. [Rare.]