Defn: A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.
CONCHOIDALCon*choid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conchoïdal.] (Min.)
Defn: Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; — applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
CONCHOLOGICALCon`cho*log"ic*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
CONCHOLOGISTCon*chol"o*gist, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
CONCHOLOGYCon*chol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Conch + -logy.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
CONCHOMETERCon*chom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Conch + -meter.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.
CONCHOMETRYCon*chom"e*try, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.
CONCHO-SPIRALCon`cho-spi"ral, n.
Defn: A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells.Agassiz.
CONCHYLACEOUS; CONCHYLIACEOUSCon`chy*la"ceous, Con*chyl`i*a"ceous, a. Etym: [L. conchylium shell,Gr. Conch.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.
CONCHYLIOLOGIST; CONCHYLIOLOGYCon*chyl`i*ol"o*gist, n., Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy, n.
Defn: See Conchologist, and Conchology.
CONCHYLIOMETRYCon*chyl`i*om"e*try, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.]
Defn: Same as Conchometry.
CONCHYLIOUSCon*chyl"i*ous, a.
Defn: Conchylaceous.
CONCIATOR Con"ci*a`tor, n. Etym: [It. conciatore, fr. conciare to adjust, dress, fr. L. comtus, p. p. See Compt, a.] (Glass Works)
Defn: The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.
CONCIERGECon`cierge", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
CONCIERGERIECon`cier`ge*rie", n. [F.]
1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor.
2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris.
CONCILIABLE Con*cil"i*a*ble, n. Etym: [L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council.]
Defn: A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONCILIABLECon*cil"i*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conciliable.]
Defn: Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. Milton.
CONCILIABULECon*cil"i*a*bule, n. Etym: [See Conciliable, n.]
Defn: An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman.
CONCILIAR; CONCILIARYCon*cil"i*ar, Con*cil"i*a*ry a. Etym: [Cf. F. conciliare.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. Jer. Taylor.
CONCILIATECon*cil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n.Conciliating.] Etym: [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw orbring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.]
Defn: To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
Syn.— To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.
CONCILIATIONCon*cil`i*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. conciliatio.]
Defn: The act or process of conciliating; the state of beingconciliated.The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissibleprevious to any submission on the part of America. Burke.
CONCILIATIVECon*cil"i*a*tive, a.
Defn: Conciliatory. Coleridge.
CONCILIATORCon*cil"i*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who conciliates.
CONCILIATORYCon*cil"i*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott.
CONCINNATE Con*cin"nate, v. t. Etym: [L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity.]
Defn: To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland.
CONCINNITY Con*cin"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin.]
Defn: Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; — used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.] An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell.
CONCINNOUSCon*cin"nous, a. Etym: [L. concinnus.]
Defn: Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [R.]The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne. DeQuiency.
CONCIONATE Con"cio*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. concionatus, p. p. of concionari to adress.]
Defn: To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow.
CONCIONATORCon"cio*na`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
1. An haranguer of the people; a preacher.
2. (Old Law)
Defn: A common councilman. [Obs.]
CONCIONATORYCon"cio*na`to*ry, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. [Obs.]Howell.
CONCISE Con*cise", a. Etym: [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v.t.; cf. F. concis.]
Defn: Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; — used of style in writing or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B. Jonson. Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I. Watts.
Syn.— Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. SeeLaconic, and Terse.
CONCISELYCon*cise"ly, adv.
Defn: In a concise manner; briefly.
CONCISENESSCon*cise"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being concise.
CONCISIONCon*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See Concise.]
Defn: A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South.
CONCITATIONCon`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. concitatio. See Concite.]
Defn: The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] "The concitation of humors." Sir T. Browne.
CONCITECon*cite", v. t. Etym: [L. concitare; con- + citare. See Cite.]
Defn: To excite or stir up. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
CONCLAMATIONCon`cla*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. conclamatio.]
Defn: An outcry or shout of many together. [R.]Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan).
CONCLAVE Con"clave ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.]
1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South.
3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay. To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; — said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.
CONCLAVISTCon"cla`vist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. conclaviste, It. conclavista.]
Defn: One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.
CONCLUDECon*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n.Concluding.] Etym: [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere toshut. See Close, v. t.]
1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. Hooker.
2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.] For God hath concluded all in unbelief. Rom. xi. 32. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. Gal. iii. 22.
3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; — sometimes followed by a dependent clause. No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. Tillotson. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. Rom. iii. 28.
4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector Shak.
5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish. I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. Bacon.
6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. "If we conclude a peace." Shak.
7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; — generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. Sir M. Hale.
Syn. — To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end.
CONCLUDECon*clude", v. i.
1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; toterminate.A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden.And, to conclude, The victory fell on us. Shak.
2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision. Can we conclude upon Luther's instability Bp. Atterbury. Conclude and be agreed. Shak.
CONCLUDENCYCon*clud"en*cy, n.
Defn: Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [Obs.] Sir M.Hale.
CONCLUDENTCon*clud"ent, a. Etym: [L. concludens, p. pr.]
Defn: Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.]Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M.Hale.
CONCLUDERCon*clud"er, n.
Defn: One who concludes.
CONCLUDINGLYCon*clud"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: Conclusively. [R.] Digby.
CONCLUSIBLECon*clu"si*ble, a.
Defn: Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.
CONCLUSIONCon*clu"sion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]
1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.
2. Final decision; determination; result. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. Shak.
3. Any inference or result of reasoning.
4. (Logic)
Defn: The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. Addison.
5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. Shak.
6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.[Obs.]We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating.Bacon.
7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton. Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country," i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. — In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. — To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment. Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. Shak.
Syn.— Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. SeeInference.
CONCLUSIVECon*clu"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conclusif.]
Defn: Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. Rogers. Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. — Conclusive presumption (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.
Syn.— Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See Final.
CONCLUSIVELYCon*clu"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.
CONCLUSIVENESSCon*clu"sive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
CONCLUSORYCon*clu"so*ry, a.
Defn: Conclusive. [R.]
CONCOCTCon*coct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n.Concocting.] Etym: [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cooktogether, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]
1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne.
2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] Thomson.
3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.
4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward.
5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONCOCTERCon*coct"er, n.
Defn: One who concocts.
CONCOCTIONCon*coc"tion, n. Etym: [L. concoctio.]
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]
2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.
4. (Med.)
Defn: Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONCOCTIVECon*coct"ive, a.
Defn: Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive. Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. J. Armstrong.
CONCOLORCon"col`or, a. Etym: [L. concolor; con- + color color.]
Defn: Of the same color; of uniform color. [R.] "Concolor animals."Sir T. Browne.
CONCOLOROUSCon"col`or*ous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of the same color throughout.
CONCOMITANCE; CONCOMITANCYCon*com"i*tance, Con*com"i*tan*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. concomitance, fr.LL. concomitantia.]
1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment. The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by comunication in one kind only.
CONCOMITANT Con*com"i*tant, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.]
Defn: Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.
CONCOMITANTCon*com"i*tant, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterallyconnected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison.The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.
CONCOMITANTLYCon*com"i*tant*ly, adv.
Defn: In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.
CONCORDCon"cord, n. Etym: [F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of thesame mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf.Accord.]
1. A state of agreement; harmony; union. Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. Milton.
2. Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. [Obs.] The concord made between Henry and Roderick. Davies.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
4. (Old Law)
Defn: An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine. Burril.
5. Etym: [Prob. influenced by chord.] (Mus.)
Defn: An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
CONCORDCon"cord, n.
Defn: A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.
CONCORDCon*cord", v. i. Etym: [F. concorder, L. concordare.]
Defn: To agree; to act together. [Obs.] Clarendon.
CONCORDABLECon*cord"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. concordabilis.]
Defn: Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious.
CONCORDANCECon*cord"ance, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. concordantia.]
1. Agreement; accordance. Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: Concord; agreement. [Obs.] Aschlam.
3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place. His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. Macaulay.
4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.
CONCORDANCYCon*cord"an*cy, n.
Defn: Agreement. W. Montagu.
CONCORDANT Con*cord"ant, a. Etym: [L. concordans, p. pr. of concordare: cf. F. concordant. See Concord.]
Defn: Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures,professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. SirT. Browne
CONCORDANTLYCon*cord"ant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a concordant manner.
CONCORDAT Con*cor"dat, n. Etym: [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord.]
1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VIL and Bonaparte in 1801. Hook.
CONCORD BUGGY Con"cord bug"gy (kon"kerd). [From Concord, New Hampshire, where first made.]
Defn: A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs.
CONCORDISTCon*cord"ist, n.
Defn: The compiler of a concordance.
CONCORPORATE Con*cor"po*rate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. concorporatus, p. p. of concorporare.]
Defn: To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Archaic.] Jer.Taylor.
CONCORPORATECon*cor"po*rate, a.
Defn: United in one body; incorporated. [Archaic] B. Jonson.
CONCORPORATIONCon*cor`po*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. concorporatio.]
Defn: Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More.
CONCOURSE Con"course, n. Etym: [F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See Concur.]
1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence. The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Sir M. Hale.
2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott.
3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. [Obs.] The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. Sir I. Newton.
4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.
5. Concurrence; coöperation. [Obs.] The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. Barrow.
CONCREATECon`cre*ate" ( or ), v. t.
Defn: To create at the same time.If God did concreate grace with Adam. Jer. Taylor.
CONCREMATIONCon`cre*ma"tion ( or ), n. Etym: [L. concrematio, fr. concremare. SeeCremate.]
Defn: The act of burning different things together. [Obs.]
CONCREMENTCon"cre*ment, n. Etym: [L. concrementum, fr. concrescere. SeeConcrete.]
Defn: A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union. [Obs.] The concrement of a pebble or flint. Sir M. Hale
CONCRESCENCECon*cres"cence, n. Etym: [L. concrescentia.]
Defn: Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.
CONCRESCIBLECon*cres"ci*ble, a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state. [Obs.]They formed a . . . fixed concrescible oil. Fourcroy (Trans. ).
CONCRESCIVECon*cres"cive, a.
Defn: Growing together, or into union; uniting. [R.] Eclec. Rev.
CONCRETECon"crete ( or ), a. Etym: [L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere togrow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. SeeCrescent.]
1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Logic) (a) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distingushed from standing for an attribute of an object; — opposed to abstract. Hence: (b) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; — opposed to general. See Abstract, 3. Concrete is opposed to a abstract. The names of individuals are concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill. Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. I. Watts. Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a particular object. — Concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such objects. Davies & Peck. — Concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws. — Concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another. Rush.
CONCRETECon"crete, n.
1. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances. Boyle.
2. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.
3. (Logic)
Defn: A term designating both a quality and the subject in which itexists; a concrete term.The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts"paternity" and "filiety". J. S. Mill.
4. (Sugar Making)
Defn: Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.
CONCRETECon*crete", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb. n.Concreting.]
Defn: To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
Note: Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the concretion of blood. "The blood of some who died of the plague could not be made to concrete." Arbuthnot.
CONCRETECon*crete", v. t.
1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others. Sir M. Hale.
2. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
CONCRETELYCon*crete"ly, adv.
Defn: In a concrete manner.
CONCRETENESSCon*crete"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being concrete.
CONCRETIONCon*cre"tion, n. Etym: [L. concretio.]
1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.
2. A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus. Accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions. Dunglison.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.
CONCRETIONALCon*cre"tion*al, a.
Defn: Concretionary.
CONCRETIONARYCon*cre"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
CONCRETIVECon*cre"tive, a.
Defn: Promoting concretion. Sir T. Browne.
CONCRETIVELYCon*cre"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a concrete manner.
CONCRETURECon*cre"ture, n.
Defn: A mass formed by concretion. [Obs.] Johnson.
CONCREWCon*crew", v. i. Etym: [See Concrete, a., and Accrue.]
Defn: To grow together. [Obs.] Spenser.
CONCRIMINATIONCon*crim`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: A joint accusation.
CONCUBINACYCon*cu"bi*na*cy, n.
Defn: The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype.
CONCUBINAGECon*cu"bi*nage, n.
1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine.
Note: In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law.
2. (Law)
Defn: A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.
CONCUBINALCon*cu"bi*nal, a. Etym: [L. concubinalis.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to concubinage.
CONCUBINARIANCon*cu`bi*na"ri*an, a. & n.
Defn: Concubinary.The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.
CONCUBINARYCon*cu"bi*na*ry, a. Etym: [LL. concubinarius.]
Defn: Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.
CONCUBINARYCon*cu"bi*na*ry, n.; pl. Concubinaries.
Defn: One who lives in concubinage. Jer. Taylor.
CONCUBINATECon*cu"bi*nate, n. Etym: [L. concubinatus.]
Defn: Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson.
CONCUBINE Con"cu*bine, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]
1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour.
Note: Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench.
2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.
CONCULCATECon*cul"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concultated; p. pr. & vb. n.Conculcating.] Etym: [L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare toconculcate fr. calx heel.]
Defn: To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu —Con`cul*ca"tion (, n. [Obs.]
CONCUPISCENCECon*cu"pis*cence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. concupiscentia.]
Defn: Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.
CONCUPISCENT Con*cu"pis*cent, a. Etym: [L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet.]
Defn: Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious.Johnson.
CONCUPISCENTIALCon*cu`pis*cen"tial, a.
Defn: Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.
CONCUPISCENTIOUSCon*cu`pis*cen"tious, a.
Defn: Concupiscent. [Obs.]
CONCUPISCIBLECon*cu`pis*ci*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. concupiscible.]
1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.
2. Exciting desire, good or evil. The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South.
CONCUPISCIBLENESSCon*cu"pis*ci*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]
CONCUPYCon"cu*py, n.
Defn: Concupiscence.
Note: [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"] Shak.
CONCURCon*cur", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concurred (; p. pr. & vb. n.Concurring.] Etym: [L. concurrere to run together, agree; con- +currere to run. See Current.]
1. To run together; to meet. [Obs.] Anon they fierce encountering both concurred With grisly looks and faces like their fates. J. Hughes.
2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect. When outward causes concur. Jer. Colier.
3. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond. Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion. Fox. Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker. Makaulay. This concurs directly with the letter. Shak.
4. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Milton.
Syn. — To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent.
CONCURRENCE Con*cur"rence, n. Etym: [F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]
1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke.
2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; — implying joint approbation. Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. Swift.
3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; coöperation. We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. Rogers. An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. Burke.
4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.
CONCURRENCYCon*cur"ren*cy, n.
Defn: Concurrence.
CONCURRENT Con*cur"rent, a. Etym: [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]
1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; coöperating. I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies. The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.
2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time. There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon. Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall.
3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.
4. (Geom.)
Defn: Meeting in one point.
Syn. — Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.
CONCURRENTCon*cur"rent, n.
1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause. To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More.
2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence,a rival; an opponent.Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him.Holland.
3. (Chron.)
Defn: One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; — so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
CONCURRENTLYCon*cur"rent*ly, adv.
Defn: With concurrence; unitedly.
CONCURRENTNESSCon*cur"rent*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.
CONCURRINGCon*cur"ring, a.
Defn: Agreeing. Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondends with another in all its parts.
CONCUSSCon*cuss", v. t. Etym: [L. concussus, p. p. of concutere. SeeConcussion.]
1. To shake or agitate. "Concussed with uncertainty." Daniel.
2. (Law)
Defn: To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. Wharton.
CONCUSSATIONCon`cus*sa"tion, n.
Defn: A violent shock or agitation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
CONCUSSION Con*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. concussio, fr. concutere, concussum, to shake violenty; con- + quatere to shake. See Cashier, Quash.]
1. A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies. It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air. Bacon.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.
3. (Civil Law)
Defn: The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yieldup something of value.Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusationsfill. Daniel.Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of theshell when it strikes.
Syn.— See Shock.
CONCUSSIVECon*cus"sive, a.
Defn: Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson.
CONDCond, v. t. Etym: [OE. conduen, condien, F. conduire to conduct, fr.L. conducere. See Conduct, and cf. Con (Naut.), Conn. Cun.] (Naut.)
Defn: To con, as a ship.
CONDEMN Con*demn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condemned; p. pr. & vb. n. Condemning ( or ]. Etym: [L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See Damn.]
1. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure. Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. Shak. Wilt thou condemn him that is most just Job xxxiv. 17.
2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. Matt. xii. 42.
3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence topunishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; — with to before thepenalty.Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe.Milton.To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. Gray.And they shall condemn him to death. Matt. xx. 18.The thief condemned, in law already dead. Pope.No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn.Goldsmith.
4. To amerce or fine; — with in before the penalty. The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. 2 Cron. xxxvi. 3.
5. To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.
6. (Law)
Defn: To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain.
Syn. — To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge.
CONDEMNABLECon"dem*na"ble, a. Etym: [L. condemnabilis.]
Defn: Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.
CONDEMNATIONCon"dem*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. condemnatio.]
1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation. In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. Paley.
2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. A legal and judicial condemnation. Paley. Whose condemnation is pronounced. Shak.
3. The state of being condemned. His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation. W. Irving.
4. The ground or reason of condemning. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. John iii. 19.
CONDEMNATORYCon*dem"na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.
CONDEMNEDCon*demned", a.
1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.
2. Used for condemned persons. Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of Newgate. Macaulay.
CONDEMNERCon*dem"ner ( or ), n.
Defn: One who condemns or censures.
CONDENSABILITYCon*den`sa*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being condensed.
CONDENSABLECon*den"sa*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. condensable.]
Defn: Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable.
CONDENSATECon*den"sate, a. Etym: [L. condensatus, p. p. of condensare. SeeCondense, v. t.]
Defn: Made dense; condensed.Water . . . thickened or condensate. Peacham.
CONDENSATECon*den"sate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensated; p. pr. & vb. n.Condensating.]
Defn: To condense. [R.] Hammond.
CONDENSATIONCon`den*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.]
1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. Macaulay.
2. (Physics)
Defn: The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. Condensation product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. — Surface condensation, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water.
CONDENSATIVECon*den"sa*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. condensatif.]
Defn: Having the property of condensing.
CONDENSECon*dense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed; p. pr. & vb. n.Condensing.] Etym: [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick ordense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf.Condensate.]
1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. Motley.
2. (Chem. & Physics)
Defn: To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. — Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.
Syn. — To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.
CONDENSECon*dense", v. i.
1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. H. Spencer.
2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization.
CONDENSECon*dense", a. Etym: [L. condensus.]
Defn: Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]The huge condense bodies of planets. Bentley.
CONDENSERCon*dens"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, condenses.
2. (Physic) (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. (b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. (c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.
4. (Steam Engine)
Defn: An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine. Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. — Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. — Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. — Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.
CONDENSIBLECon*den"si*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.
CONDERCond"er, n. Etym: [From Cond.]
Defn: One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.
CONDESCENDCon`de*scend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended; p. pr. & vb. n.Condescending.] Etym: [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L.con- + descendere. See Descend.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16. Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands Milton. Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. Dryden.
Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority. Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. F. W. Robinson.
2. To consent. [Obs.] All parties willingly condescended heruento. R. Carew.
Syn.— To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
CONDESCENDENCE; CONDESCENDENCY Con`de*scend"ence, Con`de*scend"en*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. condescendance.]
Defn: Condescension. [Obs.]
CONDESCENDINGLYCon`de*scend"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a condescending manner. Atterbury.
CONDESCENSIONCon`de*scen"sion, n. Etym: [L. condescensio.]
Defn: The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson. Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.
Syn.— Complaisance; courtesy; affability.
CONDESCENTCon`de*scent", n. Etym: [Cf. Condescend, Descent.]
Defn: An act of condescension. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CONDIGN Con*dign", a. Etym: [F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Digne.]
1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obs.] Condign and worthy praise. Udall. Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. Spenser.
2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. "Condign censure." Milman. Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.
CONDIGNITYCon*dig"ni*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. condignité.] (Scholastic Theol.)
Defn: Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.
CONDIGNLYCon*dign"ly, adv.
Defn: According to merit.
CONDIGNNESSCon*dign"ness, n.
Defn: Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.
CONDIMENTCon"di*ment, n. Etym: [L. condimentum, fr. condire. See Condite.]
Defn: Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning. As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. Bacon.
CONDISCIPLECon`dis*ci"ple, n. Etym: [L. condiscipulus. See Disciple.]
Defn: A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. [R.]
CONDITE Con"dite, a. Etym: [L. conditus, p. p. of condire to preserve, pickle, season. See Recondite.]
Defn: Preserved; pickled. [Obs.] Burton.
CONDITECon*dite", v. t.
Defn: To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc.[Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
CONDITION Con*di"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]
1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak. And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse Cowley. The new conditions of life. Darwin.
2. Essential quality; property; attribute. It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon.
3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.] The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.
4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified. I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak. Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.
5. (Law)
Defn: A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation. — On or Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. "Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him." Shak. — Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.
Syn. — State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.
CONDITIONCon*di"tion, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned; p. pr. & vb. n.Conditioning.]
1. To make terms; to stipulate. Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl.
2. (Metaph.)
Defn: To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. To think of a thing is to condition. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONDITIONCon*di"tion, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n.]
1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of. Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson.
2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree. It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.
3. (U. S. Colleges)
Defn: To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.
4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.
Defn: train; acclimate.
CONDITIONALCon*di"tion*al, a. Etym: [L. conditionalis.]
1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.
2. (Gram. & Logic)
Defn: Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.
CONDITIONALCon*di"tion*al, n.
1. A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.
CONDITIONALITYCon*di`tion*al"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
CONDITIONALLYCon*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.
CONDITIONATE Con*di"tion*ate, a. Etym: [LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t.]
Defn: Conditional. [Obs.]Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.
CONDITIONATECon*di"tion*ate, v. t.
1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [Obs.]
2. To put under conditions; to render conditional.
CONDITIONEDCon*di"tioned, a.
1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak.
2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute. Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONDITIONLYCon*di"tion*ly, adv.
Defn: Conditionally. [Obs.]
CONDITORY Con"di*to*ry, n.; pl. Conditories. Etym: [L. conditorium, fr. condere to hide. See Recondite.]
Defn: A repository for holding things; a hinding place.
CONDOGCon*dog", v. i. Etym: [A punning corruption of concur.]
Defn: To concur; to agree. [Burlesque]
Note: This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree; thus. "Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend." Cockeram.
CONDOLATORYCon*do"la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Expressing condolence. Smart.
CONDOLECon*dole", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.]Etym: [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. SeeDoleful.]
Defn: To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; —followed by with.Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole withyou. Sir W. Temple.
CONDOLECon*dole", v. t.
Defn: To lament or grieve over. [R.]I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.
CONDOLEMENTCon*dole"ment, n.
1. Condolence. "A pitiful condolement." Milton.
2. Sorrow; mourning; lamentation. Shak.
CONDOLENCECon*do"lence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. condoléance.]
Defn: Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.Their congratulations and their condolences. Steele.A special mission of condolence. Macaulay.
CONDOLERCon*dol"er, n.
Defn: One who condoles.
CONDONATIONCon`do*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. condonatio a giving away.]
1. The act of condoning or pardoning.
2. (Law)
Defn: Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. Bouvier. Wharton.
CONDONECon*done", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.]Etym: [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- +donare to give. See Donate.]
1. To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.
2. (Law)
Defn: To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; — said of either the husband or the wife.