CONFORMISTCon*form"ist, n.
Defn: One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.
A cheeful conformist to your judgment.Jer.Taylor.
CONFORMITYCon*form"i*ty, n.; pl. Conformities (#). [Cf. F. conformité.]
1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; — followed by to, with, or between.
By our conformity to God.Tillotson.
The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God.Dr. H.More.
A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste.Addison.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.
The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiringall ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcingconformity.Hallam.
CONFORTATIONCon`for*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf.Comfort.]
Defn: The act of strengthening. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONFOUND Con*found" (kon*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.]
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. Locke.
Let us go down, and there confound their language.Gen. xi. 7.
2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. Macaulay.
3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
The gods confound…The Athenians both within and out that wall.Shak.
They trusted in thee and were not confounded.Ps. xxii. 5.
So spake the Son of God, and Satan stoodA while as mute, confounded what to say.Milton.
4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]
One man's lust these many lives confounds.Shak.
How couldst thou in a mile confound an hourShak.
Syn. — To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.
CONFOUNDEDCon*found"ed, a.
1. Confused; perplexed.
A cloudy and confounded philosopher.Cudworth.
2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.]
He was a most confounded tory.Swift.
The tongue of that confounded woman.Sir. W. Scott.
CONFOUNDEDLYCon*found"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] "Confoundedly sick."Goldsmith.
CONFOUNDEDNESSCon*found"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being confounded.
Their witty descant of my confoundedness.Milton.
CONFOUNDERCon*found"er, n.
Defn: One who confounds.
CONFRACTCon"fract`, a. [L. confractus, p. p. of confringere.]
Defn: Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.]
CONFRAGOSECon`fra*gose", a. [L. confragosus; con- + fragosus, fr. frangere. SeeFragile.]
Defn: Broken; uneven. [Obs.] "Confragose cataracts." Evelyn.
CONFRATERNITY Con`fra*ter"ni*ty, n.; pl. Confraternities (#). [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternité. See Fraternity.]
Defn: A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.
These live in one society and confraternity.Stow.
CONFRERECon`frere", n. [F.]
Defn: Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.
CONFRICATION Con`fri*ca"tion, n. [L. confricatio, fr. confricare to rub vigorously.]
Defn: A rubbing together; friction. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONFRIERCon*fri"er, n. [Cf. F. confrère. See Friar.]
Defn: A confrère. [Obs.] Weever.
CONFRONTCon*front", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n.Confronting.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front.See Front.]
1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
We four, indeed, confronted were with fourIn Russian habit.Shak.
He spoke and then confronts the bull.Dryden.
Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms,confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierceexpression.Hawthorne.
It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. Macaulay.
2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. Addison.
CONFRONTATIONCon`fron*ta"tion, n. [LL. confrontatio.]
Defn: Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
CONFRONTECon`fron`té", a. [F., p. p. confronter.] (Her.)
Defn: Same as Affronté.
CONFRONTERCon*front"er, n.
Defn: One who confronts.
A confronter in authority.Speed.
CONFRONTING confronting n.
Defn: dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull bythe horns.Syn. — braving, coping with, grappling, tackling.[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
CONFRONTMENTCon*front"ment, n.
Defn: The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
CONFRONTMENTCon*front"ment, n.
Defn: The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.
CONFUCIANCon*fu"cian, a.
Defn: Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher. — n.
Defn: A Confucianist.
CONFUCIANISMCon*fu"cian*ism, n.
Defn: The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god. S. W. Williams.
CONFUCIANISTCon*fu"cian*ist, n.
Defn: A follower of Confucius; a Confucian. S. W. Williams.
CONFUSCon*fus, a. [F. See Confuse, a.]
Defn: Confused, disturbed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CONFUSABILITYCon*fus`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being confused.
CONFUSABLECon*fus"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being confused.
CONFUSECon*fuse", a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. SeeConfound.]
Defn: Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] Baret.
CONFUSECon*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confused; p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing.]
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.
A universal hubbub wildOf stunning sounds and voices all confused.Milton.
2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self- possession.
Nor thou with shadowed hint confuseA life that leads melodious days.Tennyson.
Confused and sadly she at length replied.Pope.
Syn. — To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.
CONFUSEDLYCon*fus"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a confused manner.
CONFUSEDNESSCon*fus"ed*ness, n.
Defn: A state of confusion. Norris.
CONFUSELYCon*fuse"ly, adv.
Defn: Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs.]
CONFUSIONCon*fu"sion, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.]
1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.
The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable.Whewell.
Moody beggars starving for a timeOf pellmell havoc and confusion.Shak.
2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
Confusion dwelt in every faceAnd fear in every heart.Spectator.
3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,Confusion on thy banners wait.Gray.
4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] Chapmen.
Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.
CONFUSIVECon*fu"sive, a.
Defn: Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
CONFUTABLECon*fut"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be confuted.
A conceit . . . confutable by daily experience.Sir T.Browne.
CONFUTANTCon*fut"ant, n. [L. confutans, p. pr. of confutare.]
Defn: One who undertakes to confute. Milton.
CONFUTATIONCon`fu*ta"tion, n. [L. confutatio: cf. F. confutation.]
Defn: The act or process of confuting; refutation. "For the edification of some and the confutation of others." Bp. Horne.
CONFUTATIVECon*fut"a*tive, a.
Defn: Adapted or designed to confute. Bp. Warburton
CONFUTE Con*fute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confuting.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See Fuse to melt.]
Defn: To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Satan stood . . . confuted and convincedOf his weak arguing fallacious drift.Milton.
No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error. Chillingworth.
I confute a good profession with a bad conversation.Fuller.
Syn. — To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn. — To Confute, Refute. Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, "the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him."
CONFUTEMENTCon*fute"ment, n.
Defn: Confutation. [Obs.] Milton.
CONFUTERCon*fut"er, n.
Defn: One who confutes or disproves.
CONGCong, n. (Med.)
Defn: An abbreviation of Congius.
CONGE Con"ge, v. i. [Imp. & p. p. Congeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Congeing.] [OF. congier, congeer, F. congédier, fr. congé. See Congé, n.]
Defn: To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.
I have congeed with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest.Shak.
CONGECon`gé" (kôN`zhay"; E. kon"je; 277), n. [F., leave, permission, fr.L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence, furlough,fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare to go. Cf.Permeate.] [Formerly written congie.]
1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.
Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her congéThackeray.
2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.
The captain salutes you with congé profound.Swift.
3. (Arch.) An apophyge. Gwilt.
Congé d'élire [F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.
CONGEABLECon"ge*a*ble, a. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.
CONGEALCon*geal", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congealed; p. pr. & vb. n.Congealing.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare tofreeze, gelu frost. See Gelid.]
1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed.Thomson.
2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
As if with horror to congeal his blood.Stirling.
CONGEALCon*geal", v. i.
Defn: To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.
Lest zeal, now melted . . .Cool and congeal again to what it was.Shak.
CONGEALABLECon*geal"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. congelable.]
Defn: Capable of being congealed. —Con*geal"a*ble*ness, n.
CONGEALEDNESSCon*geal"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being congealed. Dr. H.More.
CONGEALMENTCon*geal"ment, n.
1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.
2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [Obs.]
Wash the congealment from your wounds.Shak.
CONGEECon"gee, n. & v.
Defn: See Congé, Conge. [Obs.]
And unto her his congee came to take.Spenser.
CONGEECon*gee", n.
1. [Tamil kashi boilings.]
Defn: Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]
2. A jail; a lockup. [India]
Congee discharges, rice water discharges. Dunglison. — Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled.
CONGELATIONCon`ge*la"tion, n. [F. congélation, L. congelatio.]
1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.
The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot.
2. The state of being congealed.
3. That which is congealed.
Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies ofvarious colors.Taller.
CONGENERCon"ge*ner (; 277), n. [From L. congener. See Congenerous.]
Defn: A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.
The cherry tree has been often grafted on the laurel, to which it isa congener.P. Miller.
Our elk is more polygamous in his habits than any other deer except his congener, the red deer of Europe. Caton.
CONGENERACYCon*gen"er*a*cy, n.
Defn: Similarity of origin; affinity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
CONGENERIC; CONGENERICALCon`ge*ner"ic, Con`ge*ner"ic*al, a.
Defn: Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. R. Owen.
CONGENEROUS Con*gen"er*ous, a. [L. congener; con- + genus, generis, birth, kind, race. See Genus, and cf. Congener.]
Defn: Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
— Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Hallywell.
CONGENIALCon*gen"ial (; 106), a. [Pref. con- + genial.]
1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.
Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins.Pope.
2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. "Congenial clime." C. J. Fox.
To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is itscongenial work.I. Taylor.
CONGENIALITYCon*ge`ni*al"i*ty ( or ; 106), 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.
CONGENIALIZECon*gen"ial*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make congenial. [R.]
CONGENIALLYCon*gen"ial*ly, adv.
Defn: In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.
CONGENIALNESSCon*gen"ial*ness, n.
Defn: Congeniality.
CONGENIOUSCon*gen"ious, a.
Defn: Congeneric. [Obs.]
CONGENITALCon*gen"i*tal, a. Etym: [From Congenite.]
Defn: Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.
CONGENITALLYCon*gen"i*tal*ly, dv.
Defn: In a congenital manner.
CONGENITE Con*gen"ite, a. Etym: [L. congenitus; con- + genitus, p.p. of gignere to beget. See Generate.]
Defn: Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [Obs.] Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us. Sir M. Hale.
CONGERCon"ger, n. Etym: [L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. congre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The conger eel; — called also congeree. Conger sea (Zoöl.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.
CONGERIESCon*ge"ri*es, n. sing & pl. Etym: [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.]
Defn: A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.
CONGEST Con*gest", v. t. Etym: [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.]
1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. To what will thy congested guilt amount Blackmore.
2. (Med.)
Defn: To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
CONGESTEDCon*gest"ed, a.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Crowded together. Gray.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; — said of any part of the body.
CONGESTIONCon*ges"tion, n. Etym: [L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.]
1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.] The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.
CONGESTIVECon*gest"ive, a. (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.
CONGIARY Con"gi*a*ry, n.; pl. Congiaries. Etym: [L. congiarium, fr. congius a liquid measure.]
Defn: A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; — so called because measured to each in a congius. Addison.
Note: In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained.
CONGIUSCon"gi*us, n. Etym: [L.]
1. (Roman Antiq.)
Defn: A liquid measure containing about three quarts.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong.]
CONGLACIATE Con*gla"ci*ate (; 221), v. t. & i. Etym: [L. conglaciatus, p.p. of conglaciare. See Glaciate.]
Defn: To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CONGLACIATIONCon*gla`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. conglaciation.]
Defn: The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon.
CONGLOBATE Con*glo"bate, a. Etym: [L. conglobatus, p.p. of conglobare to conglobate. See Globate.]
Defn: Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.
CONGLOBATECon*glo"bate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglobated; p.pr. & vb.n.Conglobating.] Etym: [Cf. Conglore.]
Defn: To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather ormass together.Conglobated bubbles undissolved. Wordsworth.
CONGLOBATIONCon`glo*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglobatio: cf. F. conglobation.]
1. The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne.
2. A round body.
CONGLOBECon*globe", v. t. [imp & p. p. Conglobed; p. pr. & vb. n.Conglobing.] Etym: [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate.]
Defn: To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton.
CONGLOBECon*globe", v. i.
Defn: To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. Milton.
CONGLOBULATECon*glob"u*late, v. i. Etym: [Pref. con- + globule.]
Defn: To gather into a small round mass.
CONGLOMERATE Con*glom"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. conglomeratus, p.p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate.]
1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon. Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.
CONGLOMERATECon*glom"er*ate, n.
1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation. A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; — opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia. A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell.
CONGLOMERATECon*glom"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglomerated; p.pr. & vb.n.Conglomerating.]
Defn: To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.
CONGLOMERATION Con*glom`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.]
Defn: The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.
CONGLUTINCon*glu"tin, n. Etym: [From Conglutinate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.
CONGLUTINANTCon*glu"ti*nant, a. Etym: [L., conglutinans, p.pr.]
Defn: Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.
CONGLUTINATE Con*glu"ti*nate, a. Etym: [L. conglutinatus, p.p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.]
Defn: Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
CONGLUTINATECon*glu"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglutinated; p.pr. & vb.n.Conglutinating.]
Defn: To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle.
CONGLUTINATECon*glu"ti*nate, v. i.
Defn: To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.
CONGLUTINATION Con*glu`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination.]
Defn: A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot.
CONGLUTINATIVECon*glu"ti*na"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conglutinatif.]
Defn: Conglutinant.
CONGO; CONGOUCon"go, Con"gou, n. Etym: [Chin. kung-foo labor.]
Defn: Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea. Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.
CONGO GROUPCon"go group. [From Congo red.]
Defn: A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also benzidine dyes.
CONGO REDCongo red. (Chem.)
Defn: An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as test paper (Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns it blue.
CONGO SNAKECon"go snake". (Zoöl.)
Defn: An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.
CONGRATULANTCon*grat"u*lant, a. Etym: [L. congratulans, p. pr.]
Defn: Rejoicing together; congratulatory.With like joy Congratulant approached him. Milton.
CONGRATULATE Con*grat"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congratulated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congratulating.] Etym: [L. congratulatus, p.p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.]
Defn: To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to. It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion. Shak. To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.
Syn. — To Congratulate, Felicitate. To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event. Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy. Trench.
CONGRATULATECon*grat"u*late, v. i.
Defn: To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. [R.] Swift. The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves. Dryden.
CONGRATULATION Con*grat`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. congratulatio: cf. F. congratulation.]
Defn: The act of congratulating; an expression of sympatheticpleasure.With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival. Dr. J. Scott.
CONGRATULATORCon*grat"u*la`tor, n.
Defn: One who offers congratulation. Milton.
CONGRATULATORYCon*grat"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
CONGREECon*gree", v. i. Etym: [Pref.on-+ L. gratus pleasing. Cf. Agree.]
Defn: To agree. [bs.] Shak.
CONGREETCon*greet", v. t.
Defn: To salute mutually. [Obs.]
CONGREGATE Con"gre*gate, a. Etym: [L. congregatus, p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]
Defn: Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
CONGREGATECon"gre*gate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congregated; p.pr. & vb.n.Congregating]
Defn: To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; tobring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; tomass; to compact.Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the nameof a church. Hooker.Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge.The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton.
CONGREGATECon"gre*gate, v. i.
Defn: To come together; to assemble; to meet.Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.
CONGREGATIONCon`gre*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. congregatio: cf. F. congrégation.]
1. The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass. The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.
2. A collection or mass of separate things. A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. Shak.
3. An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet. He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay.
4. (Anc. Jewish Hist.)
Defn: The whole body of the Jewish people; — called alsoCongregation of the Lord.It is a sin offering for the congregation. Lev. iv. 21.
5. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some departament of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church. (b) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.
6. The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. [Eng.]
7. (Scotch Church Hist.)
Defn: the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.
CONGREGATIONALCon`gre*ga"tion*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.
2. Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.
CONGREGATIONALISMCon`gre*ga"tion*al*ism, n.
1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively.
Note: In this sense (which is its usual signification) Congregationalism is the system of faith and practice common to a large body of evangelical Trinitarian churches, which recognize the local brotherhood of each church as independent of all dictation in ecclesiastical matters, but are united in fellowship and joint action, as in councils for mutual advice, and in consociations, conferences, missionary organizations, etc., and to whose membership the designation "Congregationalists" is generally restricted; but Unitarian and other churches are Congregational in their polity.
CONGREGATIONALISTCon`gre*ga"tion*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.
CONGRESS Con"gress, n.; pl. Congresses. Etym: [L. congressus, fr. congredi, p.p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- + grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr. See Grade.]
1. A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; anencounter. [Obs.]Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there;congress in the field greatJove withstands. Dryden.
2. A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; — said of things. [Obs.] From these laws may be deduced the rules of the congresses and reflections of two bodies. Cheyne.
3. The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition. Pennant.
4. A gathering or assembly; a conference.
5. A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest. The European powers strove to . . . accommodate their differences at the congress of Vienna. Alison.
6. The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.
Note: In the Congress of the United States (which took the place of the Federal Congress, March 4, 1789), the Senate consists of two Senators from each State, chosen by the State legislature for a term of six years, in such a way that the terms of one third of the whole number expire every year; the House of Representatives consists of members elected by the people of the several Congressional districts, for a term of two years, the term of all ending at the same time. The united body of Senators and Representatives for any term of two years for which the whole body of Representatives is chosen is called one Congress. Thus the session which began in December, 1887, was the first (or long) session, and that which began in December, 1888, was the second (or short) session, of the Fiftieth Congress. When an extra session is had before the date of the first regular meeting of a Congress, that is called the first session, and the following regular session is called the second session.
7. The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years. The Continental Congress, an assembly of deputies from the thirteen British colonies in America, appointed to deliberate in respect to their common interests. They first met in 1774, and from time thereafter until near the close of the Revolution. — The Federal Congress, the assembly of representatives of the original States of the American Union, who met under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789. — Congress boot or gaiter, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.] — Congress water, a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York.
Syn. — Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council; diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.
CONGRESSIONCon*gres"sion ( or , n. Etym: [L. congressio.]
Defn: A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
CONGRESSIONALCon*gres"sion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.
CONGRESSIVECon*gres"sive, a.
Defn: Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
CONGRESSMANCon"gress*man, n.; pl. Congressmen (.
Defn: A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of theHouse of Representatives.
CONGREVE ROCKETCon"greve rock"et.
Defn: See under Rocket.
CONGRUECon"grue", v. i. Etym: [L. congruere. See Congruous.]
Defn: To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak.
CONGRUENCECon"gru*ence, n. Etym: [L. congruentia: cf. OF. cornguence.]
Defn: Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.Holland.
CONGRUENCYCon"gru*en*cy ( or ), n.
Defn: Congruence. Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n.
CONGRUENT Con"gru*ent, a. Etym: [L. congruens, p.pr. of congruere: cf. F. congruent.]
Defn: Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B.Jonson.Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.
CONGRUISMCon"gru*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. congruisme.] (Scholastic Theol.)
Defn: See Congruity.
CONGRUITYCon*gru"i*ty ( or , n.; pl. Congruities. Etym: [Cf. F. congruit.]
1. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency. With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ Hooker. A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.
3. (Scholastic Theol.)
Defn: That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.
CONGRUOUS Con"gru*ous, a. Etym: [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.]
Defn: Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. Blair. It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury.
CONGRUOUSLYCon"gru*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a congruous manner.
CONHYDRINECon*hy"drine ( or , n. Etym: [Conium + hydrate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.
CONIACo*ni"a ( or , n. Etym: [NL. See Conium.] (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Conine.
CONIC; CONICALCon"ic, Con"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. conique. See Cone.]
1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.
2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. — Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. — Conical pendulum. See Pendulum. — Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; — much used by makers of maps in Europe. — Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.
CONICCon"ic, n. (Math.)
Defn: A conic section.
CONICALITYCon`i*cal"i*ty, n.
Defn: Conicalness.
CONICALLYCon"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the form of a cone.
CONICALNESSCon"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: State or quality of being conical.
CONICO-Con"i*co- (, a. Etym: [See Conic.]
Defn: A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico- hemispherical; conico-subulate.
CONICOIDCon"i*coid, a. Etym: [Conic + -oid.] (Math.)
Defn: Same as Conoidal.
CONICSCon"ics, n.
1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
2. Conic sections.
CONIDIUMCo*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Conida. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.
CONIFER Co"ni*fer, n. Etym: [L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conifère.] (Bot.)
Defn: A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.
CONIFERINCo*nif"er*in, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.
CONIFEROUS Co*nif"er*ous, a. (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.
CONIFORMCo"ni*form, a. Etym: [Cone + -form: cf. F. coniforme.]
Defn: Cone-shaped; conical.
CONIINECo*ni"ine ( or , n.
Defn: See Conine.
CONIMENECo"ni*mene, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.)
Defn: Same as Olibene.
CONINECo"nine ( or , n. Etym: [From Conium.] (Chem.)
Defn: A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.
CONIROSTERCo`ni*ros"ter, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Conirostres.
CONIROSTRALCo`ni*ros"tral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Conirostres.
CONIROSTRES Co`ni*ros"tres, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.
CONISORCon`i*sor", n. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Cognizor.
CONISTRACo*nis"tra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.)
Defn: Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.
CONITE Co"nite, n. Etym: [Gr. conite. So called on account of its gray color.] (Min.)
Defn: A magnesian variety of dolomite.
CONIUMCo*ni"um ( or , n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.
CONJECTCon*ject", v. t. Etym: [L. conjectus, p.p. of conjicere. SeeConjecture, n.]
Defn: To throw together, or to throw. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
CONJECTCon*ject", v. t.
Defn: To conjecture; also, to plan. [Obs.]
CONJECTORCon*ject"or, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.]A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton.
CONJECTURABLECon*jec"tur*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being conjectured or guessed.
CONJECTURALCon*jec"tur*al, a. Etym: [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.]
Defn: Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at;undetermined; doubtful.And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak.A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller.Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.
CONJECTURALISTCon*jec"tur*al*ist, n.
Defn: A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev.
CONJECTURALLYCon*jec`tur*al"ly, n.
Defn: That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
CONJECTURALLYCon*jec`tur*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.
CONJECTURE Con*jec"ture, n. Etym: [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.]
Defn: An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.
CONJECTURECon*jec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjectured; p.pr. & vb.n.Conjecturing.] Etym: [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.]
Defn: To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; tosurmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.South.
CONJECTURECon*jec"ture, v. i.
Defn: To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
CONJECTURERCon*jec"tur*er, n.
Defn: One who conjectures. Hobbes.
CONJOINCon*join, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjoined; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjoining.]Etym: [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere tojoin. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.]
Defn: To join together; to unite.The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoinedin one. Shak.If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not beconjoined. Shak.Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knowsalready. Locke.
CONJOINCon*join", v. i.
Defn: To unite; to join; to league. Shak.
CONJOINEDCon*joined", a. (Her.)
Defn: Joined together or touching.
CONJOINT Con*joint", a. Etym: [F. conjoint, p.p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.]
Defn: United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint." Glover. Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson. Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; — also written conjunct.
CONJOINTLYCon*joint"ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T.Browne.
CONJOINTNESSCon*joint"ness, n.
Defn: The qquality of being conjoint.
CONJUBILANTCon*ju"bi*lant, a.
Defn: Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] Neale.
CONJUGAL Con"ju*gal, a. Etym: [L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin.]
Defn: Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. "Conjugal affection." Milton.
CONJUGALITYCon`ju*gal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] Milton.
CONJUGALLYCon"ju*gal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.
CONJUGATE Con"ju*gate, a. Etym: [L. conjugatus, p.p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.]
1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: In single pairs; coupled.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.]
4. (Gram.)
Defn: Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; — said of words.
5. (Math.)
Defn: Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; — frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. — Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. — Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus. — Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. — Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point. — Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.
CONJUGATE Con`ju*gate, n. Etym: [L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.]
1. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification. We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed. Abp. Bramhall.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical.[R.]
CONJUGATECon"ju*gate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjugated; p.pr. & vb.n.Conjugating.]
1. To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.
CONJUGATECon"ju*gate, v. i. (Biol.)
Defn: To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.
CONJUGATION Con`ju*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).]
1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.] Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.
2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) (a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections. (b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.
4. (Biol.)
Defn: A kind of sexual union; — applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.
CONJUGATIONALCon`ju*ga"tion*al, a.
Defn: relating to conjugation. Ellis.
CONJUGIALCon*ju"gi*al, a. Etym: [L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal.]
Defn: Conjugal. [R.] Swedenborg.
CONJUGIUMCon*ju"gi*um, n. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Law)
Defn: The marriage tie.
CONJUNCTCon*junct", a. Etym: [L. conjunctus, p.p. See Conjoin.]
1. United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic]
2. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Conjoined.
CONJUNCTIONCon*junc"tion, n. Etym: [L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. SeeConjoin.]
1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league. He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. Shak. Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6.
Note: Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth.
3. (Gram.)
Defn: A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if. Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. Harris.
CONJUNCTIONALCon*junc"tion*al, a.
Defn: Relating to a conjunction.
CONJUNCTIVACon`junc*ti"va, n. Etym: [NL., from L. conjunctivus connective.](Anat.)
Defn: The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrance.
CONJUNCTIVALCon`junc*ti"val, a.
1. Joining; connecting.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva.
CONJUNCTIVECon*junc"tive, a. Etym: [L. conjunctivus.]
1. Serving to unite; connecting together.
2. Closely united. [Obs.] Shak. Conjunctive mood (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. — Conjunctive tissue (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; — called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.
CONJUNCTIVELYCon*junc"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In conjunction or union; together. Sir T. Browne.
CONJUNCTIVENESSCon*junc"tive*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson.
CONJUNCTIVITISCon*junc`ti*vi"tis ( or , n. (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the conjunctiva.
CONJUNCTLYCon*junct"ly, adv.
Defn: In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. Sir W. Hamilton.
CONJUNCTURECon*junc"ture, n. Etym: [Cf. F. conjoncture, LL. conjunctura.]