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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-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.]Cŏn'ver-sant-ly, adv. p. 289In a conversant or familiar manner.Cŏn'ver-sā'tion, n. p. 289General course of conduct; behavior; deportment. [Obs.] Let your conversation be as becometh the gospel. Phil. i. 27. Be ye holy in all manner of conversation. 1 Pet. i. 15. 2. Familiar intercourse…Con'ver-sā'tion-al, a. p. 289Pertaining to conversation, or familiar and informal talk.Cŏn'ver-sā'tion-al-ist, n. p. 289One who excels in conversation; a conversationist; a converser.Cōn′ver-sā′tioned, a. p. 289Acquainted with the manner of acting in life. [Obs.] Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep as far from her as the gallows. Beau. & Fl.Cŏn'ver-sā'tion-ism, n. p. 289A word or phrase originating, or used, in conversation.Con'ver-sā'tion-ist, n. p. 289One who excels in conversation; a conversationalist.Con-vēr'sa-tīve, a. p. 289Relating to an intercourse with men; social; — opposed to contemplative. She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. Reliquiæ Wottonianæ.Cŏn'ver-sā-zī-ō'ne, n. p. 289A meeting for conversation, particularly on literary subjects. Gray.Con-vèrse', v. i. p. 289To keep company, or have familiarity; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; — followed by with. Him who lonely loves To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. Thomson. Conversing…Cŏn'verse, n. p. 289Frequent or customary intercourse; familiarity; acquaintance. ’Tis but to hold Converse with Nature’s charms, and view her stores unrolled. Byron. 2. Familiar discourse or talk; free interchange of…Cŏn'verse, a. p. 289Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.Cŏn'verse-ly, adv. p. 289In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally.Con-vĕrs'er, n. p. 289One who engages in conversation; a conversationalist.Con-vĕr'si-ble, a. p. 289Capable of being converted or reversed. “This conversible . . . sorites.” Hammond.Con-vĕr'sion, n. p. 289The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another; transmutation. “The conversion of water into ice.” Bacon. “The conversion of the aliment into fat.” Arbuthnot. 2. A change from…Con-vĕrs'ive, a. p. 289Capable of being converted or changed. 2. Ready to converse; social. Feltham.Con-vĕrt’, v. t. p. 289To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I convert myself? B. Jonson. 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form or substance; to transform; to reduce…Con-vèrt’, v. i. p. 289To be turned or changed; to undergo a change. If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they would have converted. Latimer. Be this the whetstone of your sword; let grief Convert to anger. Shak.Cŏn'vert, n. p. 289A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who renounces one creed, religious system, or party, and embraces another; especially one who turns from the controlling…Con-vĕrt'er, n. p. 289One who converts; one who makes converts.Con-vĕrt'i-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 289The condition or quality of being convertible; convertibleness. The convertibility of land into money, and of money into land. Burke.Con-vèrt'i-ble, a. p. 289Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey. 2. Capable of being exchanged or…Con-vĕrt'i-ble-ness, n. p. 289The state of being convertible; convertibility.Con-vèrt'i-bly, adv. p. 289In a convertible manner; reciprocally; with interchange of terms. South.Cŏn'vĕrt-īte, n. p. 289A convert. [Obs.] Since you are a gentle convertite, My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.Cŏn'vex, a. p. 289Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; — said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water…Cŏn'/vex, n. p. 289A convex body. Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. Tickell. Convex. ☞ This word was often pronounced con-vex by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.Cŏn'vexed, a. p. 289Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Browne.Con-vèx'ed-ly, adv. p. 289In a convex form. Browne.Con-vĕx'ed-ness or Con-vĕx'i-ty, n. p. 289The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. Bentley.Cŏn'vex-ly, adv. p. 289In a convex form; as, a body convexly conical.Cŏn'vex-ness, n. p. 289The state of being convex; convexity.Con-vĕx'o-cŏn'cāve, a. p. 289Convex on one side, and concave on the other.Con-vĕx'o-cŏn'vex, a. p. 289Convex on both sides.Con-vĕx'o-plāne, a. p. 289Convex on one side, and plane on the other.Con-vey', v. t. p. 289To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport; to transmit. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. Shak. 2. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over. The Earl of Desmond . . .…Con-vey', v. i. p. 290To play the thief; to steal. But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.Con-vey'a-ble, a. p. 290Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke.Con·vey'ance, n. p. 290The act of conveying, carrying, transmitting, or transferring; transmission; transference. The long journey was to be performed on horseback,—the only sure mode of conveyance. Prescott. Tradition is…Con-vey'an-cer, n. p. 290(Law.) One who employs himself in drawing up and preparing conveyances of property. Burvill.Con-vey'an-cing, n. p. 290(Law.) The act or practice of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings for transferring the title to property from one person to another.Con-vey'er, n. p. 290One who conveys, carries, transports, transmits, or transfers from one person or place to another. 2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler. [Obs.] Conveyers are you all, That rise…Con-vĭ'ci-āte, v. i. p. 290To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.] “To conviciate instead of accusing.” Abp. Laud.Cŏn'/vi-çin'i-ty, n. p. 290Neighborhood; vicinity. Warton.Con-vĭ'cious, a. p. 290Expressing reproach; taunting. [Obs.] “Convicious words.” Queen Elizabeth, 1559.Con-vict', v. t. p. 290To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision. They who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John viii. 9. He…Con-vict', p. p. p. 290for convicted. Proved or found guilty. [Obs.] Shak. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.Cŏn'vict, n. p. 290A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him. Syn.—Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.Con-vict'i-ble, a. p. 290Capable of being convicted. [Rare.] Ash.Cŏn-vĭc'tion, n. p. 290The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging guilty of an offense. The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment rendered it [the Star Chamber]…Cŏn'vict-ism, n. p. 290The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. “The evils of convictism.” W. Howitt.Con-viet'ive, a. p. 290Fitted to convince or convict; convincing. [Rare.] “The best and most convictive argument.” Glanville.Con-vict'ive-ly, adv. p. 290In a convictive or convincing manner.Con-vict'ive-ness, n. p. 290Power of convicting or convincing.Con-vince′, v. t. p. 290To overpower, subdue, or vanquish. [Obs.] That treasons could betray, and foes convince. Spenser. Their malady convinces The great assay of art; but at his [the king’s] touch, ... they presently…