CONDORCon"dor, n. Etym: [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
CONDOTTIERECon`dot*tie"re, n.; pl. Condottieri. Etym: [It., captain.]
Defn: A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
CONDUCECon*duce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.]Etym: [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducereto lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n., Cond.]
Defn: To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; — usually followed by to or toward. He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay. The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.
Syn.— To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.
CONDUCECon*duce", v. t.
Defn: To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.
CONDUCENTCon*du"cent, a. Etym: [L. conducens, p. pr.]
Defn: Conducive; tending.Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud.
CONDUCIBILITYCon*du"ci*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp.Wilkins.
CONDUCIBLECon*du"ci*ble, a. Etym: [L. conducibilis.]
Defn: Conducive; tending; contributing. Bacon. All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them. Bentley.
CONDUCIBLENESSCon*du"ci*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being conducible.
CONDUCIBLYCon*du"ci*bly, adv.
Defn: In a manner to promote. [R.]
CONDUCIVECon*du"cive, a.
Defn: Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.However conducive to the good or our country. Addison.
CONDUCIVENESSCon*du"cive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of conducing.
CONDUCT Con"duct, n. Etym: [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit.]
1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley.The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld.Brougham.
2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship. Conduct of armies is a prince's art. Waller. Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. Robertson.
3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic] I will be your conduct. B. Jonson. In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak.
4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.] Although thou been conduct of my chame. Shak.
5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior. All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay. What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone Dryden.
6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development. The book of Job, in conduct and diction. Macaulay. Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.
Syn.— Behavior; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance.See Behavior.
CONDUCTCon*duct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n.Conducting.] Etym: [See Conduct, n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend. I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton.
2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom. Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott.
3. To behave; — with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
4. (Physics)
Defn: To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5. (Mus.)
Defn: To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
CONDUCTCon*duct", v. i.
1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
CONDUCTANCECon*duct"ance (kon*duk"tans), n. [Conduct, v. + -ance.] (Elec.)
Defn: Conducting power; — the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.
Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of any specified material without direct reference to its shape or other factors. Sloane's Elec. Dict.
CONDUCTIBILITYCon*duct`i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. conductibilité.]
1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.
2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.
CONDUCTIBLECon*duct"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being conducted.
CONDUCTION Con*duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.]
1. The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. The act of training up. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. (Physics)
Defn: Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. [The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc.
CONDUCTIVECon*duct"ive, a.
Defn: Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductivetissue of a pistil.The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale(Gray's Bot. ).
CONDUCTIVITYCon`duc*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. — Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise unit volume of the substance one degree.
CONDUCTORCon*duct"or, n. Etym: [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]
1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden.
2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.]
3. (Mus.)
Defn: The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
4. (Physics)
Defn: A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
5. (Surg.)
Defn: A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
6. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.
CONDUCTORYCon*duct"o*ry, a. Etym: [LL. conductorius.]
Defn: Having the property of conducting. [R.]
CONDUCTRESSCon*duct"ress, n.
Defn: A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
CONDUIT Con"duit ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.]
1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.
2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A narrow passage for private communication.
CONDUIT SYSTEM; CONDUIT RAILWAYCon"duit sys"tem. (Elec.)
Defn: A system of electric traction, esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is "picked up" by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive. Hence Conduit railway.
CONDUPLICATECon*du"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. conduplicatus, p. p. of conduplicare.See Duplicate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; — said of leaves or petals in vernation or æstivation.
CONDUPLICATIONCon*du`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. conduplicatio.]
Defn: A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [R.]
CONDURANGOCon`du*ran"go, n. (Med.)
Defn: See Cundurango.
CONDURRITECon*dur"rite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
CONDYLARCon"dy*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a condyle. Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; — sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.
CONDYLECon"dyle ( or ), n. Etym: [L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr. condyle.](Anat.)
Defn: A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; — sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.
CONDYLOIDCon"dy*loid, a. Etym: [Condyle + -oid: cf. F. condyloïde.] (Anat.)
Defn: Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.
CONDYLOMA; CONDYLOMECon`dy*lo"ma, Con"dy*lome, n.; pl. Condylomata or, E. Condylomes.Etym: [NL. condyloma, fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrance.
Note: There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin.
CONDYLOPODCon*dyl"o*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. -pod.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An arthropod.
CONE Cone, n. Etym: [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. çana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See Hone, n.]
1. (Geom.)
Defn: A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right- angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; - - called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriæ around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form. Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. Milton.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: The fruit or strobile of the Coniferæ, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form. Cone of rays(Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiantpoint to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely.— Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary.— Oblique or Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined tothe plane of its base.— Eight cone. See Cone, 1.
CONECone, v. t.
Defn: To render coneshaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
CONE CLUTCHCone clutch. (Mach.)
Defn: A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces.
CONEFLOWERCone"flow`er, n.
Defn: Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; — so called from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.
CONE-IN-CONECone"-in-cone", a. (Geol.)
Defn: Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; — said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.
CONEINECo*ne"ine ( or ; 104), n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Conine.
CONE-NOSECone"-nose`, n.
Defn: A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.
CONEPATE; CONEPATLCo"ne*pate, Co"ne*patl, n. Etym: [Mexican conepatl and epatl.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The skunk.
CONE PULLEYCone" pul"ley.
Defn: A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
CONESTOGA WAGON; CONESTOGA WAINCon`es*to"ga wag`on, Con`es*to"ga wain. [From Conestoga,Pennsylvania.]
Defn: A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.
CONEYCo"ney ( or ), n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rabbit. See Cony.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish. See Cony.
CONFABCon"fab, n. Etym: [Contr. from confabulation.]
Defn: Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
CONFABULATECon*fab"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Confabulating.] Etym: [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, toconverse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.]
Defn: To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no.Cowper.
CONFABULATIONCon*fab`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. confabulatio.]
Defn: Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.
CONFABULATORYCon*fab"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.Weever.
CONFALONCon"fa*lon, n. Etym: [F. See Confalon.] (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.
CONFARREATION Con*far`re*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. confarreatio, fr. confarreare to marry; con- + farreum (sc. libum cake) a spelt cake, fr. farreus made of spelt, fr. far a sort of grain.] (Antiq.)
Defn: A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.
CONFATEDCon*fat"ed, p.a.
Defn: Fated or decreed with something else. [R.] A. Tucker.
CONFECTCon*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. & vb. n.Confecting.] Etym: [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. SeeComfit.]
1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.] Saffron confected in Cilicia. W. Browne.
2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. SirT. Herbert.[My joys] are still confected with some fears. Stirling.
CONFECTCon"fect, n.
Defn: A comfit; a confection. [Obs.] At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. Harvey.
CONFECTIONCon*fec"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. confectio.]
1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.] A new confection of mold. Bacon.
2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. Bacon.
3. A composition of drugs. Shak.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
Note: The pharmacopoeias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.
CONFECTIONARYCon*fec"tion*a*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.]
Defn: A confectioner. [Obs.]He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1Sam. viii. 13.
CONFECTIONARYCon*fec"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Prepared as a confection.The biscuit or confectionary plum. Cowper.
CONFECTIONERCon*fec"tion*er, n.
1. A compounder. [Obs.] Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents. Haywood.
2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.
CONFECTIONERS' SUGARCon*fec"tion*ers' sug`ar.
Defn: A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses.
CONFECTIONERYCon*fec"tion*er*y, n.
1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.
2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.
CONFECTORYCon*fec"to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.] Beaumont.
CONFECTURECon*fec"ture, n.
Defn: Same as Confiture. [Obs.]
CONFEDERCon*fed"er, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. conf. See Confederate.]
Defn: To confederate. [Obs.] Sir T. North.
CONFEDERACYCon*fed"er*a*cy, n.; pl. Confederacies. Etym: [From Confederate, a.]
1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. Addison. He hath heard of our confederacy. Shak. Virginia promoted a confederacy. Bancroft.
2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. Dryden.
3. (Law)
Defn: A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy.
Syn. — League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation.
CONFEDERATE Con*fed"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.]
1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.
2. (Amer. Hist.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.
CONFEDERATECon*fed"er*ate, n.
1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense. He found some of his confederates in gaol. Macaulay.
2. (Amer. Hist.)
Defn: A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
CONFEDERATECon*fed"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n.Confederating.]
Defn: To unite in a legue or confederacy; to ally.With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel.
CONFEDERATECon*fed"er*ate, v. i.
Defn: To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant;to band together.By words men . . . covenant and confederate. South.
CONFEDERATERCon*fed"er*a`ter, n.
Defn: A confederate.
CONFEDERATIONCon*fed`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. confoederatio: cf. F. confédération.]
1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particulary of princes, nations, or states. The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. Bacon. This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. Palfrey.
2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. Articles of confederation. See under Article.
CONFEDERATIVECon*fed"er*a*tive ( or ), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a confederation.
CONFEDERATORCon*fed"er*a`tor, n.
Defn: A confederate. Grafton.
CONFERCon*fer", v.t. [imp. & p. p. Conferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Conferring.]Etym: [L. conferre to bring together, contribute, consult; con- +ferre to bear: cf. F. conférer. See 1st Bear.]
1. To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.] If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. Boyle.
2. To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.
3. To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.] The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. Glanvill.
CONFERCon*fer", v. i.
Defn: To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. Acts xxv.12.You shall hear us confer of this. Shak.
Syn.— To counsel; advise; discourse; converse.
CONFEREECon`fer*ee", n. Etym: [Cf. Referee.]
1. One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.
2. One upon whom something is conferred.
CONFERENCECon"fer*ence, n. Etym: [F. conférence. See Confer.]
1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [Obs.] Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford. Hocker.
2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old. Shak.
3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.
4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.
5. (Methodist Church)
Defn: A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] — Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]
CONFERENTIALCon`fer*en"tial, a.
Defn: Relating to conference. [R.] Clarke.
CONFERRABLECon*fer"ra*ble a.
Defn: Capable of being conferred.
CONFERREECon`fer*ree", n.
Defn: Same as Conferee.
CONFERRERCon*fer"rer, n.
1. One who confers; one who converses. Johnson.
2. One who bestows; a giver.
CONFERRUMINATE; CONFERRUMINATED Con`fer*ru"mi*nate, Con`fer*ru"mi*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. conferruminare to cement. See Ferruminate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.
CONFERVACon*fer"va, n.; pl. Confervæ. Etym: [L., a kind of water plant. SeeComfrey.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae.The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
CONFERVACEOUSCon`fer*va"ceous, a.
Defn: Belonging to the confervae.
CONFERVOIDCon*fer"void, a. Etym: [Conferva + -oid.]
Defn: Like, or related to, the confervae. Loudon.
CONFERVOUSCon*fer"vous, a.
Defn: Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, theconfervae.Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes.
CONFESSCon*fess", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confessed; p.pr. & vb.n. Confessing.]Etym: [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p.p. of confiteri to confess;con- + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d Ban, Fame.]
1. To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. Milton. I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. Addison.
2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven. Matt. x. 32. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. Acts xxiii. 8.
3. To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment. I never gave it him. Send for him hither, And let him confess a truth. Shak. As I confess it needs must be. Tennyson. As an actor confessed without rival to shine. Goldsmith.
4. (Eccl.) (a) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; — sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. Addison.
(b) To hear or receive such confession; — said of a priest. He . . . heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed. Ld. Berners.
5. To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest. Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold. Pope.
Syn. — Admit; grant; concede; avow; own; assent; recognize; prove; exhibit; attest. — To Confess, Acknowledge, Avow. Acknowledge is opposed to conceal. We acknowledge what we feel must or ought to be made known. (See Acknowledge.) Avow is opposed to withhold. We avow when we make an open and public declaration, as against obloquy or opposition; as, to avow one's principles; to avow one's participation in some act. Confess is opposed to deny. We confess (in the ordinary sense of the word) what we feel to have been wrong; as, to confess one's errors or faults. We sometimes use confess and acknowledge when there is no admission of our being in the wrong; as, this, I confess, is my opinion; I acknowledge I have always thought so; but in these cases we mean simply to imply that others may perhaps think us in the wrong, and hence we use the words by way of deference to their opinions. It was in this way that the early Christians were led to use the Latin confiteor and confessio fidei to denote the public declaration of their faith in Christianity; and hence the corresponding use in English of the verb confess and the noun confession.
CONFESSCon*fess", v. i.
1. To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. Every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. xiv. 11.
2. To acknowledge; to admit; to concede. But since (And I confess with right) you think me bound. Tennyson.
CONFESSANTCon*fess"ant, n. Etym: [F. confessant.]
Defn: One who confesses to a priest. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONFESSARYCon*fess"a*ry, n. Etym: [LL. confessarius.]
Defn: One who makes a confession. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
CONFESSEDLYCon*fess"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: By confession; without denial. [Written also confessly.]
CONFESSERCon*fess"er, n.
Defn: One who makes a confession.
CONFESSIONCon*fes"sion, n. Etym: [F. confession, L. confessio.]
1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. Shak.
2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom. x. 10.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam.
4. A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
5. (Law)
Defn: An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted. Wharton. Confession and avoidance (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. Mozley & W. Confession of faith, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. — General confession, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. — Westminster Confession. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.
CONFESSIONALCon*fes"sion*al, n. Etym: [F. confessional.]
Defn: The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.
CONFESSIONALCon*fes"sion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a confession of faith. Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
CONFESSIONALISMCon*fes"sion*al*ism, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.
CONFESSIONALISTCon*fes"sion*al*ist, n.
Defn: A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. [R.] Boucher
CONFESSIONARYCon*fes"sion*a*ry, n. Etym: [LL. confessionarium.]
Defn: A confessional. [Obs.] Johnson.
CONFESSIONARYCon*fes"sion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.
CONFESSIONISTCon*fes"sion*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. confessioniste.]
Defn: One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu.
CONFESSOR Con*fess"or, n. Etym: [OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.]
1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. Bacon.
2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
CONFESSORSHIPCon*fess"or*ship, n.
Defn: The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman.
CONFESTLYCon*fest"ly, adv.
Defn: See Cofessedly.
CONFETTICon*fet"ti, n. pl.; sing. -fetto. [It. Cf. Comfit.]
Defn: Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.
CONFIDANT; CONFIDANTECon`fi*dant"; 277), n. masc., Con`fi*dante", n. fem.Etym: [F.confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. SeeConfide, and cf. Confident.]
Defn: One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs oflove, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend;As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.
CONFIDECon*fide", v. i. [imp. & p.p. Confided; p.pr. & vb.n. Confiding.]Etym: [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf.Affiance.]
Defn: To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; — usuallyfollowed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron.Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.
CONFIDECon*fide", v. t.
Defn: To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; —followed by to.Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of alloffenses against the United States. Story.
CONFIDENCE Con"fi*dence, n. Etym: [L. confidentia firm trust in, self- confidence: cf. F. confidence.]
1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; — formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.
2. That in which faith is put or reliance had. The Lord shall be thy confidence. Prov. iii. 26.
3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstamces; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; — often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. Milton.
4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them. Sir, I desire some confidence with you. Shak. Confidence game, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. — Confidence man, a swindler. — To take into one's confidence, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs.
Syn.— Trust; assurance; expectation; hope.I am confident that very much be done. Boyle.
2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved. Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself. Shak.
3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted. As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. Shak.
4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous. The fool rageth and is confident. Prov. xiv. 16.
5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.] The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. Jer. Taylor.
CONFIDENTCon"fi*dent, n.
Defn: See Confidant. South. Dryden.
CONFIDENTIALCon`fi*den"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. confidentiel.]
1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.
2. Communicated in confidence; secret. "Confidential messages." Burke. Confidential communication (Law) See Privileged communication, under Privileged. — Confidential creditors, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. — Confidential debts, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. McElrath.
CONFIDENTIALLYCon`fi*den"tial*ly, adv.
Defn: In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.
CONFIDENTLYCon"fi*dent*ly, adv.
Defn: With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.
CONFIDENTNESSCon"fi*dent*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being confident.
CONFIDERCon*fid"er, n.
Defn: One who confides.
CONFIDINGCon*fid"ing, a.
Defn: That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.— Con*fid"ing*ly, adv.— Con*fid"ing*ness, n.
CONFIGURATE Con*fig"ur*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. configuratus, p.p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure.]
Defn: To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure;to agree with a pattern.Known by the name of uniformity; Where pyramids to pyramids relateAnd the whole fabric doth configurate. Jordan.
CONFIGURATIONCon*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. configuratio.]
1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure. It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris.
2. (Astrol.)
Defn: Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time. They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.
CONFIGURECon*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Configured; p.pr. & vb.n.Configuring.] Etym: [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. SeeConfigurate.]
Defn: To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.Bentley.
CONFINABLECon*fin"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.
CONFINECon*fine", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confined; p.pr. & vb.n. Confining.]Etym: [F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to;con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.]
Defn: To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; toshut up; to inclose; to keep close.Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let orderdie! Shak.He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery ofrhyme. Dryden.To be confined, to be in childbed.
Syn. — To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict.
CONFINECon"fine or
Defn: (v. i. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; — followed by on or with. [Obs.] Where your g;oomy bounds Confine with heaven. Milton. Beywixt hezven and earth and skies there stands a place. Confuining on all three. Dryden.
CONFINECon"fine, n.
1. Common boundary; border; limit; — used chiefly in the plural.Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea. Locke.And now in little space The confines met of emryrean heaven, And ofthis world. Milton.On the confines of the city and the Temple. Macaulay.
2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.] Confines, wards, and dungeons. Shak. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.
CONFINELESSCon"fine`less ( or ), a.
Defn: Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.
CONFINEMENTCon*fine"ment, n.
1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison.
2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.
CONFINERCon*fin"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
CONFINERCon"fi`ner ( or , n.
Defn: One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] Bacon. Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.
CONFINITYCon*fin"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. confinité.]
Defn: Community of limits; contiguity. [R.] Bailey.
CONFIRMCon*firm", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confrmed; p.pr. & vb.n. Confirming.]Etym: [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L.confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See Firm.]
1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. Shak. Annd confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. Ps. cv. 10.
2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. Milton.
3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. Shak.
4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. Swift.
5. (Eccl.)
Defn: To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. Hammond.
Syn. — To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.
CONFIRMABLECon*firm"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be confirmed.
CONFIRMANCECon*firm"ance, n.
Defn: Confirmation. [Obs.]
CONFIRMATIONCon`fir*ma"tion, n. Etym: [F. confirmation, L. confirmatio.]
1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Cowper.
2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc. This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook.
4. (Law)
Defn: A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.
CONFIRMATIVECon*firm"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.]
Defn: Tending confirm or establish. Sherwood.— Con*firm"a*tive*ly, adv.
CONFIRMATORCon"fir*ma`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. Sir T. Browne.
CONFIRMATORYCon*firm"a*to*ry, a. .
Defn: Serving to confirm; corroborative.A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor.
2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton.
CONFIRMEDLYCon*firm"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: With confirmation.
CONFIRMEDNESSCon*firm"ed*ness, n.
Defn: A fixed state.
CONFIRMEECon`fir*mee", n. Etym: [F. confirm, p.p. of confirmer.] (Law)
Defn: One to whom anuthing is confirmed.
CONFIRMERCon*firm"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. Shak.
CONFIRMINGLYCon*firm"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a confirming manner.
CONFISCABLECon*fis"ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. confiscable.]
Defn: Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
CONFISCATE Con"fis*cate ( or , a. Etym: [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]
Defn: Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use;forfeited.Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.
CONFISCATECon"fis*cate ( or , v. t. [imp & p. p. Confiscated; p.pr & vb. n.Confiscating.]
Defn: To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate tothe public use.It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estateconfiscated and seized. Bacon.
CONFISCATIONCon`fis*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. confiscatio.]
Defn: The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam.
CONFISCATORCon"fis*ca`tor, n. Etym: [L., a treasurer.]
Defn: One who confiscates. Burke.
CONFISCATORYCon*fis"ca*to*ry, a.
Defn: Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations."Confiscatory and exterminatory periods." Burke.
CONFITCon"fit, n.
Defn: Same as Comfit. [Obs.]
CONFITENTCon"fi*tent, n. Etym: [L. confitens, p.pr.]
Defn: One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]
CONFITEORCon*fit"e*or, n. Etym: [L., I confess. See Confess.] (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.
CONFITURECon"fi*ture ( or , n.
Defn: The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.
CONFIXCon*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing.][L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together.]
Defn: To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] Shak.
CONFIXURECon*fix"ure (; 135), n.
Defn: Act of fastening. [Obs.]
CONFLAGRANT Con*fla"grant, a. [L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant.]
Defn: Burning together in a common flame. [R.] "The conflagrant mass." Milton.
CONFLAGRATIONCon`fla*gra"tion, n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration.]
Defn: A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
Till one wide conflagration swallows all.Pope.
CONFLATECon*flate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conflated; p. pr. & vb. n.Conflating.] [L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare to blow together; con-+ flare to blow.]
Defn: To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.
The State-General, created and conflated by the passionate effort ofthe whole nation.Carlyle.
CONFLATIONCon*fla"tion, n. [L. conflatio.]
Defn: A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry. [R.] Bacon.
CONFLICT Con"flict, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, - flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See Conflict, v.]
1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager foraction and conflict.Macaulay.
An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.W. H. Seward.
Conflict of laws, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; — often used as synonymous with Private international law.
Syn. — Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See Contest.
CONFLICT Con*flict", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflicting.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf. Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. Shak.
Fire and water conflicting together.Bacon.
2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. Abp. Tillotson.
3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other. Wheaton.
Syn. — To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle.
CONFLICTINGCon*flict"ing, a.
Defn: Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.
Torn with sundry conflicting passions.Bp. Hurd.
CONFLICTIVECon*flict"ive, a.
Defn: Tending to conflict; conflicting. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONFLUENCECon"flu*ence, n. [L. confluentia.]
1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.Bancroft.
2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors.Shak.
The confluence . . . of all true joys.Boyle.
CONFLUENT Con"flu*ent, a. [L. confluens, -entis, p. pr. of confluere, -fluxum; con- + fluere to flow. See Fluent.]
1. Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
These confluent steams make some great river's head.Blackmore.
2. (Bot.) Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
3. (Med.) (a) Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules. (b) Characterized by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.
CONFLUENTCon"flu*ent, n.
1. A small steam which flows into a large one.
2. The place of meeting of steams, currents, etc. [Obs.] Holland.
CONFLUXCon"flux, n. [From L. confluxus, p. p. See Confluent.]
1. A flowing together; a meeting of currents. "The conflux of meeting sap." Shak.
The general conflux and concourse of the whole people.Clarendon.
2. A large assemblage; a passing multitude.
To the gates cast round thine eye, and seeWhat conflux issuing forth, or entering in.Milton.
CONFLUXIBILITYCon*flux`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The tendency of fluids to run together. [R.] Boyle.
CONFLUXIBLECon*flux"i*ble, a.
Defn: Inclined to flow or run together. —Con*flux"i*ble*ness, n.
CONFOCALCon*fo"cal, a. (Math.)
Defn: Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.
CONFORMCon*form", a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.]
Defn: Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. Bacon.
Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform tothe analogy of faith.Bp.Hall.
CONFORMCon*form", v. i.
1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; — with to or with.
A rule to which experience must conform.Whewell.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist.
About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day. Macaulay.
CONFORMCon*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conformed; p. pr. & vb. n.Conforming.] [F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formareto form, forma form. See Form.]
Defn: To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; — usually with to or unto.
Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the orderof the church.Hooker.
CONFORMABILITYCon*form`a*bil"i*ty, n.
1. The state of being conformable.
2. (Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact.
CONFORMABLECon*form"a*ble, a.
1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; —usually followed by to.
The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison.
Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy.Whewell.
To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight.Sir W. Scott.
2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; submissive; compliant.
I have been to you a true and humble wife,At all times to your will conformable.Shak.
3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; — said of strata in contact.
CONFORMABLENESSCon*form"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being conformable; conformability.
CONFORMABLYCon*form"a*bly, adv.
Defn: With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
Conformably to the law and nature of God.Bp. Beveridge.
CONFORMANCECon*form"ance, n.
Defn: Conformity. [R.] Marston.
CONFORMATECon*form"ate, a. [L. conformatus, p. p. See Conform.]
Defn: Having the same form. [R.]
CONFORMATIONCon`for*ma"tion, n. [L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation.]
1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. I. Watts.
2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.
In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of thesentences.Lowth.
A structure and conformation of the earth.Woodward.
CONFORMATORCon"for*ma`tor, n. [L., a framer.]
Defn: An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largest horizontal area of the head.
CONFORMERCon*form"er, n.
Defn: One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.