Chapter XXIV: Part 24

COMMIX, kom-iks', _v.t._ to mix together.--_v.i._ to mix.--_ns._ COMMIX'TION, COMMIX'TURE, act of mixing together: the state of being mixed: the compound formed by mixing: the rite of putting a piece of the host into the chalice, emblematic of the reunion of body and soul at the Resurrection.

COMMODIOUS, kom-[=o]'di-us, _adj._ suitable or convenient: roomy, spacious: (_Shak._) serviceable: comfortable.--_n._ COMMODE', a small sideboard: a large, high head-dress formerly worn by ladies: a box for holding a chamber utensil: a night-stool.--_adv._ COMM[=O]'DIOUSLY.--_ns._ COMM[=O]'DIOUSNESS; COMMOD'ITY, convenience: (_Shak._) profit: (_Shak._) parcel: an article of traffic: (_pl._) goods, produce. [L. _commodus_--_com_, with, _modus_, measure.]

COMMODORE, kom'o-d[=o]r, _n._ in the royal navy, a rank intermediate between an admiral and a captain: the leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen: the president of a yacht-club, also his vessel at a regatta. [Perh. from Dut. _kommandeur_.]

COMMON, kom'un, _adj._ belonging equally to more than one: public: general: usual: frequent: ordinary: easy to be had: of little value: vulgar: of low degree.--_n._ (_Shak._) the commonalty: a tract of open land, used in common by the inhabitants of a town, parish, &c.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to share.--_adj._ COMMON'ABLE, held in common.--_ns._ COMM'ONAGE, right of pasturing on a common: the right of using anything in common: a common; COMM'ONALTY, the general body of the people without any distinction of rank or authority; COMM'ONER, one of the common people, as opposed to the nobles: a member of the House of Commons: at Oxford, a student who pays for his commons.--_adv._ COMM'ONLY.--_ns._ COMM'ONNESS; COMM'ONPLACE, a common topic or subject: a platitude: a memorandum: a note.--_adj._ common: hackneyed.--_v.i._ to make notes: to put in a commonplace-book.--_n._ COMM'ONPLACE-BOOK, a note or memorandum book.--_n.pl._ COMM'ONS, the common people: their representatives--i.e. the lower House of Parliament or HOUSE OF COMMONS: common land: food at a common table: at Oxford, rations served at a fixed rate from the college buttery: food in general, rations.--_n._ COMM'ON-SENSE, average understanding: good sense or practical sagacity: the opinion of a community: the universally admitted impressions of mankind.--COMMON BENCH, COMMON PLEAS, one of the divisions of the High Court of Justice; COMMON FORMS, the ordinary clauses which are of frequent occurrence in identical terms in writs and deeds; COMMON LAW, in England, the ancient customary law of the land; COMMON PRAYER (BOOK OF), the liturgy of the Church of England; COMMON-RIDING, the Scotch equivalent of BEATING THE BOUNDS (see BEAT); COMMON ROOM, in schools, colleges, &c., a room to which the members have common access.--IN COMMON, together: equally with others.--MAKE COMMON CAUSE WITH, to cast in one's lot with: to have the same interests and aims with.--PHILOSOPHY OF COMMON-SENSE, that school of philosophy which takes the universally admitted impressions of mankind as corresponding to the facts of things without any further scrutiny.--SHORT COMMONS, scant fare, insufficient supply of rations.--THE COMMON, that which is common or usual; THE COMMON GOOD, the interest of the community at large: the corporate property of a burgh in Scotland; THE COMMON PEOPLE, the people in general. [Fr. _commun_--L. _communis_, prob. from _com_, together, and _munis_, serving, obliging.]

COMMONWEAL, kom'un-w[=e]l, COMMONWEALTH, kom'un-welth, _n._ the common or public good: the government in a free state: the public or whole body of the people: a form of government in which the power rests with the people, esp. that in England after the overthrow of Charles I. [See WEALTH.]

COMMOVE, kom-m[=oo]v', _v.t._ to put in motion: to agitate: to disturb, excite.--_n._ COMM[=O]'TION, a violent motion or moving: excited or tumultuous action, physical or mental: agitation: tumult. [L. _com_, inten., and _mov[=e]re_, _motum_, to move.]

COMMUNE, kom'[=u]n, _n._ a corporation: in France, a territorial division governed by a mayor.--The COMMUNE at Paris in 1871 was a revolt against the national government, the principle of the revolt being that each city or district should be ruled independently by its own commune or local government.--_adj._ COMM[=U]'NAL (also COMM'UNAL).--_ns._ COMMUNALIS[=A]'TION; COMM[=U]'NALISM; COMM[=U]'NALIST. [Fr. _commune_. See COMMON.]

COMMUNE, kom-[=u]n', _v.i._ to converse or talk together: to have intercourse: to receive Holy Communion.--_ns._ COMM'UNE, converse: talk; COMMUN'ING, conversing: communion. [O. Fr. _comuner_, to share--_comun_, common.]

COMMUNICATE, kom-[=u]'ni-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to give a share of, impart: to reveal: to bestow.--_v.i._ to have something in common with another: to have communication: to have intercourse: to partake of Holy Communion.--_ns._ COMMUNICABIL'ITY, COMM[=U]'NICABLENESS, the state of being communicable.--_adj._ COMM[=U]'NICABLE, that may be communicated: affable.--_adv._ COMM[=U]'NICABLY.--_ns._ COMM[=U]'NICANT, one who partakes of Holy Communion; COMMUNIC[=A]'TION, act of communicating: that which is communicated: intercourse: correspondence: a means of communicating, a connecting passage or channel.--_adj._ COMM[=U]'NICATIVE, inclined to communicate or give information: unreserved.--_adv._ COMM[=U]'NICATIVELY.--_n._ COMM[=U]'NICATIVENESS, the quality of being communicative.--_adj._ COMM[=U]'NICATORY, imparting knowledge. [L. _communic[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, from _communis_.]

COMMUNION, kom-[=u]n'yun, _n._ act of communing: mutual intercourse: fellowship: common possession: interchange of transactions: union in religious service: the body of people who so unite.--_n._ COMMUN'IONIST, a communicant.--THE COMMUNION, HOLY COMMUNION, the celebration of the Lord's Supper. [L. _communion-em_, from _communis_.]

COMMUNISM, kom'[=u]-nizm, _n._ a theory or condition of things according to which private property should be abolished, and all things held in common.--_n._ COMM'UNIST, one who holds such principles.--_adj._ COMMUNIST'IC, pertaining to communism.

COMMUNITY, kom-[=u]n'i-ti, _n._ common possession or enjoyment: agreement: communion: (_Shak._) commonness: people having common rights, &c.: the public in general: a body of persons in the same locality, e.g. 'village community:' a monastic body.--_n._ COMMUNIT[=A]'RIAN, a member of a community. [O. Fr.,--L. _communitas_--_communis_.]

COMMUTE, kom-[=u]t', _v.t._ to exchange: to exchange a punishment for one less severe.--_n._ COMMUTABIL'ITY.--_adj._ COMMUT'ABLE, that may be commuted or exchanged.--_n._ COMMUT[=A]'TION, the act of commuting: change or exchange of one thing for another: the change of a penalty or rate from a greater to a less.--_adj._ COMM[=U]'TATIVE (or COMM'), relating to exchange: interchangeable.--_adv._ COMM[=U]'TATIVELY.--_n._ COMM'UT[=A]TOR, an apparatus attached to many electric machines for reversing the currents.--_adj._ COMMUT'UAL, mutual. [L. _commut[=a]re_--_com_, with _mut[=a]re_, to change.]

COMOSE, k[=o]'m[=o]s, _adj._ hairy, comate. [L. _comosus_.]

COMPACT, kom-pakt', _adj._ fastened or packed together: firm: close: brief.--_v.t._ to press closely together: to consolidate: (_Shak._) to confirm.--_adj._ COMPACT'ED, firmly put together: compact.--_adv._ COMPACT'EDLY.--_n._ COMPACT'EDNESS.--_adv._ COMPACT'LY.--_ns._ COMPACT'NESS, state of being compact: closeness: solidity: terseness; COMPAC'TURE (_Spens._) close union or knitting together; COMP[=A]GE', COMP[=A]'GES, a structure of many parts. [Fr.,--L. _com_, _pactus_, pa.p. of _comping[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pang[)e]re_, to fix. Cf. FANG.]

COMPACT, kom'pakt, _n._ a mutual bargain or agreement: a league, treaty, or union: (_Shak._) league, in bad sense.--_adj._ united: leagued. [L. _compactum_--_compacisci_, from _com_, with, and _pacisci_, to make a bargain; cf. _pang[)e]re_.]

COMPAGINATE, kom-paj'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to join, connect.--_n._ COMPAGIN[=A]'TION. [L. _compagin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_com_, together, and _pang[)e]re_, to fasten, fix.]

COMPANION, kom-pan'yun, _n._ one who keeps company or frequently associates with another: an associate or partner: a higher rank of servant, who, though receiving pay, stands rather in the relation of a friend: fellow, in a bad sense.--_v.t._ to accompany.--_adj._ of the nature of a companion: accompanying.--_adjs._ COMPAN'IABLE (_obs._), sociable; COMPAN'IONABLE, fit to be a companion: agreeable.--_n._ COMPAN'IONABLENESS.--_adv._ COMPAN'IONABLY.--_adj._ COMPAN'IONED, having a companion.--_ns._ COMPAN'IONHOOD, COMPAN'IONARY.--_adj._ COMPAN'IONLESS, without a companion.--_n._ COMPAN'IONSHIP. [Fr. _compagnon_, from Low L. _companium_, a mess--L. _com_, with, and _panis_, bread.]

COMPANION, kom-pan'yun, _n._ (_naut._) the skylight or window-frame through which light passes to a lower deck or cabin: companion-ladder.--_ns._ COMPAN'ION-LADD'ER, the ladder or stair leading from the deck to the officers' cabin; COMPAN'ION-WAY, a staircase from the deck to a cabin. [Cf. Dut. _kompanje_; O. Fr. _compagne_; It. _compagne_.]

COMPANY, kum'pa-ni, _n._ any assembly of persons: a number of persons associated together for trade, &c.: a society: a subdivision of a regiment: the crew of a ship: state of being a companion: fellowship: associates: society: a gathering of people for social intercourse.--_v.t._ to accompany.--_v.i._ to associate.--BE GOOD, or BAD, COMPANY, to have, or to lack, companionable qualities; KEEP COMPANY, to associate with: to court; KNOW A MAN BY HIS COMPANY, to determine his character by the quality of his friends. [Fr. _compagnie_. See COMPANION.]

COMPARE, kom-p[=a]r', _v.t._ to set things together, to ascertain how far they agree or disagree: to liken or represent as similar: (_gram._) to inflect an adjective.--_v.i._ to hold comparison.--_n._ (_obs._) comparison: similitude.--_adj._ COM'PARABLE, that may be compared.--_n._ COM'PARABLENESS.--_adv._ COM'PARABLY.--_adj._ COMPAR'ATIVE, pertaining to comparison: estimated by comparing with something else: not positive or absolute: (_gram._) expressing more.--_adv._ COMPAR'ATIVELY.--_n._ COMPAR'ISON, the act of comparing: capacity of being compared: comparative estimate: a simile or figure by which two things are compared: (_gram._) the inflection of an adjective.--BEYOND COMPARE, without any rival. [Fr.,--L. _compar[=a]re_, to match, from _com_, together, _par[=a]re_, to make or esteem equal--_par_, equal.]

COMPARE, kom-p[=a]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to get or provide. [L. _compar[=a]re_--_com_, inten., _par[=a]re_, to prepare.]

COMPARTMENT, kom-pärt'ment, _n._ a separate part or division of any enclosed space: a division of a railway carriage: a division of anything.--_v.t._ COMPART', to divide into parts. [Fr., from _compartir_--L. _com_, with, _part[=i]re_, to part.]

COMPASS, kum'pas, _n._ a circuit or circle: space: limit: range, a limit of tones of a voice or instrument: the circumference: girth: an instrument consisting of a magnetised needle, used to steer ships by, &c., the needle indicating on a card the absolute directions at any given time: (_pl._) an instrument consisting of two movable legs, for describing circles, &c.--_v.t._ to pass or go round: to surround or enclose: to besiege: to bring about or obtain: to contrive or plot: to accomplish.--_adj._ COM'PASSABLE, capable of being compassed.--_ns._ COM'PASS-CARD, the circular card of a compass; COM'PASSING, contrivance: design; COM'PASS-PLANE, a plane, convex on the under side, for smoothing curved timber; COM'PASS-SAW, a saw that cuts in a circular manner; COM'PASS-SIG'NAL, a signal denoting a point in the compass; COM'PASS-TIM'BER, curved timber, used for shipbuilding, &c.; COM'PASS-WIN'DOW, a semicircular bay-window.--BOX THE COMPASS (see BOX); FETCH A COMPASS, to go round in a circuit. [Fr. _compas_, a circle, prob. from Low L. _compassus_--L. _com_, together, _passus_, a step.]

COMPASSION, kom-pash'un, _n._ fellow-feeling, or sorrow for the sufferings of another: pity.--_v.t._ to pity.--_adjs._ COMPAS'SIONABLE, pitiable; COMPAS'SIONATE, inclined to pity or mercy: merciful.--_v.t._ to have compassion for: to have pity or mercy upon.--_adv._ COMPAS'SIONATELY.--_n._ COMPAS'SIONATENESS. [Fr.,--L. _compassio_--_com_, with, _pati_, _passus_, to suffer.]

COMPATIBLE, kom-pat'i-bl, _adj._ consistent: agreeable: that can be endured together.--_ns._ COMPATIBIL'ITY, COMPAT'IBLENESS, the quality of being compatible.--_adv._ COMPAT'IBLY. [Fr.,--L. _com_, with, _pati_, to suffer.]

COMPATRIOT, kom-p[=a]'tri-ot, _adj._ of the same country.--_n._ one of the same country.--_adj._ COMPATRIOT'IC.--_n._ COMP[=A]'TRIOTISM. [Fr.,--L. _com_, with, and PATRIOT.]

COMPEAR, kom-p[=e]r', _v.i._ (_Scots law_) to appear in court.--_ns._ COMPEAR'ANCE; COMPEAR'ANT. [L. _compar[=e]re_--_com_, together, _par[=e]re_, to appear.]

COMPEER, kom-p[=e]r', _n._ one who is equal to another: a companion: an associate.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to equal. [L. _compar_--_com_, with, and _par_, equal.]

COMPEL, kom-pel', _v.t._ to drive or urge on forcibly: to oblige: to force: to obtain by hard labour:--_pr.p._ compel'ling; _pa.p._ compelled'.--_adj._ COMPEL'LABLE. [L. _com_, inten., _pell[)e]re_, _pulsum_, to drive.]

COMPELLATION, kom-pel-[=a]'shun, _n._ style of address: an appellation.--_adj._ COMPEL'LATIVE.--_n._ compellation. [L. _compell[=a]re_, _-atum_, to address, freq. of _compell[)e]re_.]

COMPEND, kom'pend, COMPENDIUM, kom-pen'di-um, _n._ a shortening or abridgment: a book or treatise containing the substance of a larger one: an epitome: an abstract.--_adj._ COMPEN'DIOUS, short: concise: comprehensive.--_adv._ COMPEN'DIOUSLY.--_n._ COMPEN'DIOUSNESS. [L. _compendium_, what is weighed together, or saved (opp. to _dispendium_)--_com_, together, _pend[)e]re_, to weigh.]

COMPENSATE, kom'pen-s[=a]t, or kom-pen's[=a]t, _v.t._ to reward suitably: to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.--_n._ COMPENS[=A]'TION, act of compensating: reward for service: amends for loss sustained: (_phys._) the neutralisation of opposing forces.--_adjs._ COMPEN'SATIVE, COMPEN'SATORY, giving compensation.--_n._ COM'PENS[=A]TOR, one who or that which compensates.--COMPENSATION BALANCE, PENDULUM, a balance-wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature. [L. _com_, inten., and _pens[=a]re_, freq. of _pend[)e]re_, to weigh.]

COMPESCE, kom-pes', _v.t._ to restrain. [L. _compesc[)e]re_--_compes_, a fetter--_com_, together, _pes_, a foot.]

COMPETE, kom-p[=e]t', _v.i._ to seek or strive with others for something: to contend for a prize.--_n._ COMPETI'TION, the act of competing: common strife for the same object.--_adj._ COMPET'ITIVE, pertaining to or characterised by competition.--_n._ COMPET'ITOR, one who competes: a rival or opponent. [L. _compet[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pet[)e]re_, to seek.]

COMPETENT, kom'pe-tent, _adj._ suitable: sufficient: fit: belonging: legally qualified: legitimate.--_ns._ COM'PETENCE, COM'PETENCY, fitness: capacity: sufficiency: competent circumstances: legal power or capacity.--_adv._ COM'PETENTLY. [Fr.,--L. _compet[)e]re_--_com_, with, _pet[)e]re_, to seek, to strive after.]

COMPILE, kom-p[=i]l', _v.t._ to write or compose by collecting the materials from other books: to draw up or collect: to compose.--_ns._ COMPIL[=A]'TION, the act of compiling: the thing compiled, a literary work made by gathering the material from various authors; COMPILE'MENT, a compilation; COMPIL'ER, COM'PIL[=A]TOR, one who compiles. [Fr. _compiler_, prob. from L. _compil[=a]re_--_com_, together, _pil[=a]re_, to plunder.]

COMPLACENT, kom-pl[=a]'sent, _adj._ showing satisfaction: pleased: inclined to please.--_ns._ COMPL[=A]'CENCE, COMPL[=A]'CENCY, pleasure: satisfaction: complaisance.--_adv._ COMPL[=A]'CENTLY. [L. _complac[=e]re_--_com_, inten., _plac[=e]re_, to please.]

COMPLAIN, kom-pl[=a]n', _v.i._ to express grief, pain, censure: to murmur or express a sense of injury: to accuse: to make a mournful sound: to be ill--e.g. 'to complain of a sore throat.'--_n._ complaint.--_ns._ COMPLAIN'ANT, one who complains: (_law_) one who raises a suit, a plaintiff; COMPLAIN'ER, a murmurer: complainant; COMPLAIN'ING, the action of the verb _complain_: complaint.--_adv._ COMPLAIN'INGLY.--_n._ COMPLAINT', a complaining: an expression of grief: a representation of pains or injuries: a finding fault: the thing complained of: a disease: an ailment. [Fr. _complaindre_--Low L. _complang[)e]re_--L. _com_, inten., _plang[)e]re_, bewail.]

COMPLAISANT, kom'pl[=a]-zant, or kom-pl[=a]-zant', _adj._ desirous of pleasing; obliging.--_n._ COM'PLAISANCE (or COMPLAISANCE'), care or desire to please: an obliging civility.--_adv._ COM'PLAISANTLY (or COMPLAISANT'LY). [Fr.,--_complaire_--L. _complac[=e]re_.]

COMPLECT, kom-plekt', _v.t._ to embrace: to interweave.--_adj._ COMPLECT'ED, interwoven. [L. _complecti_, to embrace--_com_, and _plect[)e]re_, to twine.]

COMPLEMENT, kom'ple-ment, _n._ that which completes or fills up: full number or quantity: (_Shak._) politeness.--_v.t._ COMPLEMENT', to supplement: (_arch._) to compliment.--_adjs._ COMPLEMENT'AL, completing: (_Shak._) complimental; COMPLEMENT'ARY, completing: together making up a whole.--COMPLEMENTARY ANGLES, angles which together make up a right angle. [L. _complementum_--_com_, and _pl[=e]re_, to fill.]

COMPLETE, kom-pl[=e]t', _adj._ free from deficiency: perfect: finished: entire.--_v.t._ to finish: to make perfect or entire: to accomplish.--_adjs._ COMPL[=E]T'ABLE; COMPL[=E]T'ED.--_adv._ COMPLETE'LY.--_ns._ COMPLETE'NESS, the state of being complete; COMPL[=E]'TION, the act of completing: the state of being complete: fulfilment.--_adjs._ COMPL[=E]T'IVE; COMPL[=E]T'ORY, fulfilling: completing. [L. _compl[=e]re_, _-[=e]tum_, to fill up--_com_, inten., and _pl[=e]re_, to fill.]

COMPLEX, kom'pleks, _adj._ composed of more than one, or of many parts: not simple: intricate: difficult.--_n._ a complex whole.--_v.t._ to complicate.--_ns._ COMPLEX'EDNESS, COM'PLEXNESS, COMPLEX'ITY, state of being complex: complication.--_adv._ COM'PLEXLY.--_n._ COMPLEX'US, a complicated system: a large muscle of the back, passing from the spine to the head. [L. _complex_--_com_, together, and root of _plic[=a]re_, to fold. See COMPLICATE.]

COMPLEXION, kom-plek'shun, _n._ disposition: colour: quality: colour or look of the skin, esp. of the face: general appearance, temperament, or texture: (_Shak._) bodily constitution.--_v.t._ to give a colour to.--_adjs._ COMPLEX'IONAL, pertaining to the complexion; COMPLEX'IONED, having a certain complexion, or temperament; COMPLEX'IONLESS, colourless: pale. [Fr.,--L. _complexio_, a combination, physical structure of body--_complecti_, _complexus_, to embrace--_plect[)e]re_, to plait.]

COMPLIANCE, kom-pl[=i]'ans, _n._ a yielding: agreement: complaisance: assent: submission (in bad sense).--_adj._ COMPL[=I]'ABLE, disposed to comply.--_n._ COMPL[=I]'ANCY, compliance.--_adj._ COMPL[=I]'ANT, yielding: pliant: civil.--_adv._ COMPL[=I]'ANTLY.--IN COMPLIANCE WITH, in agreement with. [See COMPLY.]

COMPLICATE, kom'pli-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to twist or plait together: to render complex: to entangle.--_adj._ complex: involved.--_n._ COM'PLICACY, the quality or state of being complicated.--_adj._ COM'PLICATED, intricate, confused.--_n._ COMPLIC[=A]'TION, an intricate blending or entanglement.--_adj._ COM'PLICATIVE, tending to complicate.--COMPLICATED FRACTURE, a fracture where there is some other injury (e.g. a flesh wound not communicating with the fracture, a dislocation, a rupture of a large blood-vessel); COMPLICATION OF DISEASES, a number of diseases present at the same time. [L. _com_, together, and _plic[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to fold.]

COMPLICE, kom'plis, _n._ (_Shak._) an associate: an accomplice.--_n._ COMPLIC'ITY, state or condition of being an accomplice: complexity.

COMPLIMENT, kom'pli-ment, _n._ an expression of regard or praise: delicate flattery: an expression of formal respect or civility: a present.--_v.t._ COMPLIMENT', to pay a compliment to: to express respect for: to praise: to flatter: to congratulate: to make a present.--_v.i._ to make compliments.--_adjs._ COMPLIMENT'AL, expressing or implying compliment; COMPLIMENT'ARY, conveying, or expressive of, civility or praise: using compliments.--_n._ COMPLIMENT'ER, one who pays compliments.--COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON, compliments appropriate to special times, as Christmas and birthdays; LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT, a saying intended to seem a compliment, but in reality the reverse; PAY, or PRESENT, ONE'S COMPLIMENTS, to give one's respects or greeting. [Fr. _compliment_--L. _complementum_. See COMPLY.]

COMPLINE, COMPLIN, kom'plin, _n._ the 7th and last service of the day, at 9 P.M., completing the canonical hours. [O. Fr. _conplie_ (mod. _complies_)--L. _completa_ (_hora_).]

COMPLISH, kom'plish, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to accomplish.

COMPLOT, kom'plot, _n._ a conspiracy.--_v.i._ COMPLOT', to plot together, to conspire.--_v.t._ to plan.--_pr.p._ complot'ting; _pa.p._ complot'ted. [Fr.]

COMPLUVIUM, kom-pl[=oo]'vi-um, _n._ a quadrangular open space in the middle of a Roman house, which carried the rain-water from the roofs to a basin (_impluvium_) placed below. [L.]

COMPLY, kom-pl[=i]', _v.i._ to yield to the wishes of another: to agree or consent to (_with_):--_pr.p._ comply'ing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ complied'.--_n._ COMPL[=I]'ER, one who complies.--_p.adj._ COMPLY'ING, compliant. [It. _complire_, to fulfil, to suit, to offer courtesies--L. _compl[=e]re_, to fulfil.]

COMPO, kom'p[=o], _n._ a mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices; a bankrupt's composition. [Abbrev. of COMPOSITION.]

COMPONENT, kom-p[=o]'nent, _adj._ making up: forming one of the elements of a compound.--_n._ one of the elements of a compound.--_n._ COMP[=O]'NENCY.--_adj._ COMPONENT'AL. [L. _compon[)e]re_.]

COMPORT, kom-p[=o]rt', _v.i._ to agree, suit (_with_).--_v.t._ to bear one's self: to behave.--_n._ manner of acting.--_ns._ COMPORT'ANCE (_Spens._); COMPORT'MENT, behaviour. [L. _comport[=a]re_--_com_, together, and _port[=a]re_, to carry.]

COMPOSE, kom-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to form by putting two or more parts or things together: to place in proper order, to put together, to arrange artistically the elements of a landscape for painting: to settle or set at rest: to soothe: to set up or place types in order for printing: to originate or write as author, to set to music.--_p.adj._ COMPOSED', settled, quiet, calm.--_adv._ COMPOS'EDLY.--_ns._ COMPOS'EDNESS; COMPOS'ER, a writer, an author, esp. of a piece of music.--_adj._ COM'POSITE, made up of two or more distinct parts: (_archit._) a blending of the Ionic and the Corinthian orders: (_bot._) belonging to the natural order _Compositæ_, having compound or composite flowers--heads of flowers composed of a number of florets on a common receptacle, surrounded by bracts forming a leafy involucre, like single flowers.--_adv._ COM'POSITELY.--_ns._ COM'POSITENESS; COMPOS'ING-STICK, an instrument with a sliding adjustment, used for holding printing-types before they are put on the galley; COMPOS'ITION, the act of putting together, or that which is put together: the thing composed, as a work in literature, music, or painting: mental constitution: artistic manner, style in writing or painting: a coming together or agreement, an arrangement or compromise: a certain percentage which creditors agree to accept in lieu of the full payment of a bankrupt's debts: (_mech._) the compounding of two velocities or forces into a single velocity or force which shall be their equivalent.--_adj._ COMPOS'ITIVE.--_ns._ COMPOS'ITOR, one who puts together, or sets up, types for printing; COM'POST, COMPOST'URE (_Shak._) a mixture for manure: a kind of plaster; COMP[=O]'SURE, calmness: self-possession: tranquillity.--COMPOSITE CANDLE, one made of a mixture of stearic acid and the stearin of coco-nut oil; COMPOSITE CARRIAGE, a railway-carriage with compartments of different classes; COMPOSITE PORTRAIT, a single portrait produced by combining those of a number of persons; COMPOSITION OF A FELONY, the act of abstaining from prosecution for some consideration--itself punishable by fine and imprisonment. [Fr. _composer_, from L. _cum_, and _paus[=a]re_, to cease, to rest.]

COMPOS MENTIS, kom'pos ment'is, _adj. phrase_, in one's right mind--sometimes merely COMPOS. [L.]

COMPOSSIBLE, kom-pos'i-bl, _adj._ possible in co-existence with something else.--_n._ COMPOSSIBIL'ITY. [L. _com-_, and POSSIBLE.]

COMPOT, kom'pot, _n._ fruit preserved in syrup. [Fr. _compote_.]

COMPOTATION, kom-po-t[=a]'shun, _n._ a carouse together.--_ns._ COMPOT[=A]'TIONSHIP; COM'POTATOR, a bottle-companion.--_adj._ COMPOT'ATORY. [L. _compotationem_--_com_, together, _pot[=a]re_, to drink.]

COMPOUND, kom-pownd', _v.t._ to mix or combine: to settle or adjust by agreement.--_v.i._ to agree, or come to terms: to bargain in the lump.--_adj._ COM'POUND, mixed or composed of a number of parts: not simple, dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, &c., as in 'compound addition,' &c.; or with processes more complex than the simple process, as in 'compound proportion,' &c.--_n._ a mass made up of a number of parts: the usual name in India for the enclosure in which a house stands, with its outhouses, yard, and garden: a compounded drug.--_n._ COMPOUND'ER.--COMPOUND ENGINE, a condensing engine in which the mechanical action of the steam is begun in one cylinder, and ended in a larger cylinder; COMPOUND FRACTURE, a broken bone, communicating with a co-existing skin wound; COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER, one who pays his rates in his rent, the landlord being immediately chargeable with them; COMPOUND INTEREST, the charge made where--the interest not being paid when due--it is added to the principal, forming the amount upon which the subsequent year's interest is computed; COMPOUND QUANTITY (_alg._), a quantity consisting of more than one term, as _a + b_; COMPOUND TIME (_mus._), time in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars. [O. Fr., from L. _compon[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pon[)e]re_, to place.]

COMPREHEND, kom-pre-hend', _v.t._ to seize or take up with the mind, to understand: to comprise or include.--_ns._ COMPREHENSIBIL'ITY, COMPREHEN'SIBLENESS.--_adj._ COMPREHEN'SIBLE, capable of being understood.--_adv._ COMPREHEN'SIBLY.--_n._ COMPREHEN'SION, power of the mind to understand: (_logic_) the intension of a term or the sum of the qualities implied in the term: the inclusion of Nonconformists within the Church of England.--_adj._ COMPREHEN'SIVE, having the quality or power of comprehending much: extensive: full.--_adv._ COMPREHEN'SIVELY.--_n._ COMPREHEN'SIVENESS. [L. _comprehend[)e]re_, to seize.]

COMPRESS, kom-pres', _v.t._ to press together: to force into a narrower space: to condense or concentrate.--_n._ COM'PRESS, soft folds of linen, &c., formed into a pad, and used in surgery to apply any requisite pressure to any part: a wet cloth, covered with waterproof, applied to the skin.--_adj._ COMPRESSED'.--_ns._ COMPRESSIBIL'ITY, COMPRES'SIBLENESS, the property that bodies have of being reduced in volume by pressure--the ratio of the amount of compression per unit volume to the compressing force applied.--_adj._ COMPRES'SIBLE, that may be compressed.--_n._ COMPRES'SION, act of compressing: state of being compressed, condensation.--_adjs._ COMPRES'SIONAL; COMPRES'SIVE, able to compress.--_ns._ COMPRES'SOR, anything that compresses; a muscle that compresses certain parts; COMPRES'SURE.--COMPRESSED-AIR BATH, a strong chamber of iron plates in which a patient can sit, and into which air is driven by a steam-engine to any required pressure; COMPRESSED-AIR MOTOR, any mode of employing air as a motive-power, as in automatic railway-brakes, &c. [L. _compress[=a]re_, _com_, together, and _press[=a]re_, to press--_prem[)e]re_, _pressum_, to press.]

COMPRINT, kom-print', _v.t._ to share in printing--of the former privilege shared with the Stationers' Company and the King's Printer by Oxford and Cambridge.

COMPRISE, kom-pr[=i]z', _v.t._ to contain, include: to sum up.--_adj._ COMPRIS'ABLE.--_n._ COMPRIS'AL, the act of comprising.--_p.adjs._ COMPRISED', included; COMPRIS'ING, including. [Fr. _compris_, pa.p. of _comprendre_--L. _comprehend[)e]re_. See COMPREHEND.]

COMPROMISE, kom'pr[=o]-m[=i]z, _n._ a settlement of differences by mutual concession, adjustment of one's theories or principles.--_v.t._ to settle by mutual agreement and concession: to pledge: to involve or bring into question--to expose one's self to risk of danger or misunderstanding.--_p.adj._ COM'PROMISED, exposed to danger or discredit. [Fr. _compromis_--L. _compromitt[)e]re_, _-missum_--_com_, together, _promitt[)e]re_, to promise.]

COMPROVINCIAL, kom-pro-vin'shal, _adj._ (_Spens._) belonging to the same province.

COMPT, COMPTER, COMPTIBLE, obs. forms of COUNT, &c.

COMPTROLL, COMPTROLLER. See under CONTROL.

COMPULSE, kom-puls', _v.t._ to compel.--_adjs._ COMPUL'SATORY, COMPUL'SATIVE (_Shak._), compulsory.--_p.adj._ COMPULSED', compelled.--_ns._ COMPUL'SION, the act of compelling: force: necessity: violence; COMPUL'SITOR (_Scots law_), that which compels.--_adj._ COMPUL'SIVE, coercive: with power to compel.--_adv._ COMPUL'SIVELY; COMPUL'SORILY.--_adj._ COMPUL'SORY, compelled: obligatory: compelling. [L. _compuls[=a]re_, freq. of _compell[)e]re_, to compel.]

COMPUNCTION, kom-pungk'shun, _n._ uneasiness of conscience: remorse: regret: pity.--_adj._ COMPUNC'TIOUS, feeling or causing compunction: repentant: remorseful.--_adv._ COMPUNC'TIOUSLY.--WITHOUT COMPUNCTION, with no feeling of sorrow or regret. [O. Fr.,--L. _compunctio_, _-nis_--_com_, inten., and _pung[)e]re_, _punctum_, to prick.]

COMPURGATION, kom-pur-g[=a]'shun, _n._ the custom, in Anglo-Saxon law, of permitting the accused to call in witnesses to prove his innocency, by joining their oaths to his: evidence in favour of the accused: vindication.--_n._ COM'PURGATOR, one who testifies to the innocency or veracity of another.--_adjs._ COMPURGAT[=O]'RIAL, COMPUR'GATORY. [L. _compurg[=a]re_, to purify wholly. See PURGE.]

COMPURSION, kom-pur'shun, _n._ a pursing together (_Sterne_).

COMPUTE, kom-p[=u]t', _v.t._ to calculate: to number: to estimate.--_adj._ COMPUT'ABLE, calculable.--_ns._ COM'PUTANT, COMPUT'ER, COM'PUTIST, a calculator; COMPUT[=A]'TION, act of computing: reckoning: estimate.--_adj._ COMPUT'[=A]TIVE, given to computation.--_n._ COM'PUT[=A]TOR. [L. _comput[=a]re_, from _com_, together, _put[=a]re_, to reckon.]

COMRADE, kom'r[=a]d, _n._ a close companion: an intimate associate--_ns._ COM'RADERY; COM'RADESHIP. [Sp. _camarada_, a roomful, a chamber-mate--L. _camera_, a chamber.]

COMTISM, komt'ism, _n._ the philosophical system of August _Comte_, the founder of Positivism (1798-1857).--_adj._ COM'TIAN.--_n._ and _adj._ COMT'IST.

COMUS, k[=o]'mus, _n._ a god of mirth: a revel. [L.,--Gr. _k[=o]mos_, a revel.]

CON., kon, a contraction of L. _contra_, against, as in PRO AND CON., for and against.

CON, kon, _v.t._ to study carefully: to commit to memory:--_pr.p._ con'ning; _pa.p._ conned.--_n._ CON'NING, learning by heart; poring over. [A.S. _cunnian_, to try to know--_cunnan_, to know.]

CON, CONN, kon, kun, _v.t._ to direct the steering of a ship.--_n._ the act of conning.--_ns._ CON'NING, directing the steering; CON'NING-TOW'ER, the pilot-house of a war-ship. [Prob. conn. with preceding.]

CON, kon, _n._ a knock. [Fr. _cogner_, to knock.]

CONACRE, kon'[=a]-k[.e]r, _n._ the custom of letting land in Ireland in small portions for a single crop, the rent paid in money or in labour--also CORN'ACRE.--_v.t._ to sublet in conacre.--_n._ CON'ACREISM.

CONARIUM, k[=o]-n[=a]'ri-um, _n._ the pineal gland of the brain.--_adj._ CON[=A]'RIAL. [Gr. _k[=o]narion_.]

CONATUS, ko-n[=a]'tus, _n._ an effort: an impulse.--_n._ CON[=A]'TION, the faculty of free agency, including desire and volition.--_adj._ CON[=A]'TIVE. [L. _con[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to endeavour.]

CONCATENATE, kon-kat'e-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to chain or link together: to connect in a series.--_n._ CONCATEN[=A]'TION, a series of links united: a series of things depending on each other. [L. _con_, together, and _catena_, a chain.]

CONCAUSE, kon'kawz, _n._ a co-operating cause.

CONCAVE, kon'k[=a]v, _adj._ curved, vaulted, or arched, applied to the inner side of any curved line or rounded body, and opposed to _convex_, which is applied to the outside.--_n._ a hollow: an arch or vault.--_adv._ CON'CAVELY.--_n._ CONCAV'ITY, the quality of being concave: the inner surface of a concave or hollow body.--_adjs._ CONC[=A]'VO-CON'CAVE, or DOUB'LE-CON'CAVE, concave on both sides of a lens; CONC[=A]'VO-CON'VEX, concave on one side, and convex on the other. [L. _concavus_, from _con_, inten., and _cavus_, hollow. See CAVE.]

CONCEAL, kon-s[=e]l', _v.t._ to hide completely or carefully: to keep secret; to disguise: to keep from telling.--_adjs._ CONCEAL'ABLE, that may be concealed; CONCEALED', hidden.--_n._ CONCEAL'MENT, act of concealing: secrecy: disguise: hiding-place: (_Shak._) a mystery. [O. Fr. _conceler_--L. _concel[=a]re_, from _con_, inten., and _cel[=a]re_, to hide.]

CONCEDE, kon-s[=e]d', _v.t._ to cede or give up: to quit: to surrender: to admit: to grant.--_v.i._ to admit or grant.--_n._ CONCED'ER. [L. _conced[)e]re_, _-cessum_--_con_, wholly and _ced[)e]re_, to yield.]

CONCEIT, kon-s[=e]t', _n._ over-estimate of one's self: too favourable opinion of one's own good qualities: a pleasant, fantastical, or affected notion: wit: (_Spens._) idea: (_Shak._) understanding: estimate.--_v.t._ to conceive: to think.--_adj._ CONCEIT'ED, clever, witty, fantastical (_obs. uses_): having a high opinion of one's self: egotistical.--_adv._ CONCEIT'EDLY.--_n._ CONCEIT'EDNESS.--_adj._ CONCEIT'LESS (_Shak._), without conceit, stupid.--OUT OF CONCEIT WITH, no longer fond of. [Through a Fr. form _conceit_, from L. _conceptus_, pa.p. of _concip[)e]re_.]

CONCEIVE, kon-s[=e]v', _v.t._ to receive into and form in the womb: to form in the mind: to imagine or think: to understand: to express.--_v.i._ to become pregnant: to think.--_ns._ CONCEIVABIL'ITY, CONCEIV'ABLENESS.--_adj._ CONCEIV'ABLE, that may be conceived, understood, or believed.--_adv._ CONCEIV'ABLY.--_adj._ CONCEIVED', imagined, thought. [O. Fr. _concever_--L. _concip[)e]re_, _conceptum_, from _con_, and _cap[)e]re_, to take.]

CONCENT, kon-sent', _n._ a harmony or concord of sounds: concert of voices.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to harmonise. [L. _concentus_, pa.p. of _concin[)e]re_--_con_, together, _can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CONCENTRATE, kon'sen-tr[=a]t, or kon-sen'-, _v.t._ to bring towards a common centre: to bring into a closer union: to condense, to render more intense the properties of.--_adj._ CONCEN'TRATED (also CON'-).--_n._ CONCENTR[=A]'TION, act of concentrating: condensation: the keeping of the mind fixed on something.--_adj._ CONCEN'TRATIVE, tending to concentrate.--_n._ CONCEN'TRATIVENESS. [A lengthened form of CONCENTRE.]

CONCENTRE, kon-sent'[.e]r, _v.i._ to tend to or meet in a common centre: to be concentric.--_v.t._ to bring or direct to a common centre or point:--_pr.p._ concent'ring; _pa.p._ concent'red or concent'ered.--_adjs._ CONCEN'TRIC, -AL, having a common centre.--_adv._ CONCEN'TRICALLY.--_n._ CONCENTRIC'ITY. [Fr. _concentrer_--L. _con_, with, _centrum_, the centre.]

CONCEPT, kon'sept, _n._ a thing conceived, a general notion.--_ns._ CONCEP'TACLE, that in which anything is contained, a receptacle: (_bot._) a pericarp of one valve, a follicle: a cavity enclosing the reproductive cells in certain plants and animals; CONCEP'TION, the act of conceiving: the thing conceived; the formation in the mind of an image or idea: a notion: (_Shak._) a mere fancy: a plan: a concept; CONCEP'TIONIST.--_adjs._ CONCEP'TIOUS (_Shak._), fruitful; CONCEPT'IVE, capable of conceiving mentally; CONCEP'TUAL, pertaining to conception.--_ns._ CONSEP'TUALISM, the doctrine in philosophy that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment; CONCEP'TUALIST, one who holds this doctrine.--_adj._ CONCEPTUALIS'TIC. [L. _concip[)e]re_, _-ceptum_, to conceive.]

CONCERN, kon-sern', _v.t._ to relate or belong to: to affect or interest: to make uneasy: to trouble: to have to do with: to be affected.--_n._ that which concerns or belongs to one: interest: regard: anxiety: a business, or those connected with it.--_adj._ CONCERNED', having connection with: interested: anxious.--_adv._ CONCERN'EDLY.--_n._ CONCERN'EDNESS.--_prep._ CONCERN'ING, regarding: pertaining to.--_n._ CONCERN'MENT, a thing in which one is concerned: an affair: importance: interest: interference. [Fr.,--L. _concern[)e]re_, _con_, together, _cern[)e]re_, to see.]

CONCERT, kon's[.e]rt, _n._ union or agreement in any undertaking: harmony: musical harmony: a musical entertainment.--_v.t._ CONCERT', to frame or devise together: to arrange, adjust.--_p.adj._ CONCERT'ED, mutually planned: arranged.--_ns._ CONCERTINA (kon-ser-t[=e]'na), a musical instrument consisting of a pair of bellows, usually polygonal, the sounds produced by free vibrating reeds of metal, as in the accordion; CONCER'TO, a musical composition for a solo instrument, with orchestral accompaniments.--CONCERT PITCH (_mus._), the pitch at which instruments for concert use are tuned. [Fr. _concerter_--It. _concert[=a]re_, to sing in concert.]

CONCESSION, kon-sesh'un, _n._ the act of conceding: the thing conceded: a grant.--_adj._ CONCES'SIBLE.--_n._ CONCESSIONAIRE', one who has obtained a concession.--_adj._ CONCES'SIONARY.--_n._ CONCES'SIONIST.--_adj._ CONCES'SIVE, implying concession. [CONCEDE.]

CONCETTO, kon-chet'to, _n._ an ingenious turn of expression: a conceit:--_pl._ CONCET'TI.--_n._ CONCET'TISM, the use of concetti. [It.,--L. _conceptum_, conceit.]

CONCH, kongk, _n._ a marine shell: a spiral shell used by the Tritons as a trumpet, and still used by some African peoples in war: a name for the native whites of the Bahamas, owing to their use of conchs as food: (_archit._) the semidome of an apse; the apse itself.--_n._ CONCHIF'ERA, a term applied by Lamarck to bivalve molluscs and to very different Brachiopods.--_adjs._ CONCHIF'EROUS, having a shell; CONCH'IFORM, conch-shaped.--_n._ CONCH'OID, a plane curve invented to solve the problem of trisecting a plane angle, doubling the cube, &c.--_adjs._ CONCHOID'AL, pertaining to a conchoid: shell-like, applied to the fracture of a mineral; CONCHOLOG'ICAL, pertaining to conchology.--_ns._ CONCHOL'OGIST; CONCHOL'OGY, that branch of natural history which deals with the shells of molluscs. [L. _concha_--Gr. _kongch[=e]_; Sans. _cankha_, a shell; conn. with COCKLE.]

CONCHA, kong'ka, _n._ the central cavity of the outer ear: the outer ear: (_archit._) conch. [L. _concha_.]

CONCIERGE, kong-si-erj', _n._ a warden: a janitor. [Fr.; der. unknown.]

CONCILIAR, kon-sil'i-ar, _adj._ pertaining to a council.--Also CONCIL'IARY.

CONCILIATE, kon-sil'i-[=a]t, _v.t._ to gain, or win over: to gain the love or good-will of such as have been indifferent or hostile: to pacify.--_v.i._ to make friends.--_adj._ CONCIL'IABLE (_obs._).--_n._ CONCILI[=A]'TION, act of conciliating.--_adj._ CONCIL'I[=A]TIVE.--_n._ CONCIL'I[=A]TOR.--_adj._ CONCIL'IATORY. [L. _concili[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_concilium_, council.]

CONCINNITY, kon-sin'i-ti, _n._ harmony: congruity: elegance.--_adj._ CONCINN'OUS, elegant: harmonious. [L. _concinnus_, well adjusted.]

CONCIPIENT, kon-sip'i-ent, _adj._ that which conceives.--_n._ CONCIP'IENCY.

CONCISE, kon-s[=i]s', _adj._ cut short: brief.--_v.t._ (_Milt._) to mutilate.--_adv._ CONCISE'LY.--_ns._ CONCISE'NESS, the quality of being concise: terseness [Fr.,--L. _concid[)e]re_, _concisum_, from _con_, and _cæd[)e]re_, to cut.]

CONCISION, kon-sizh'on, _n._ mutilation: (_B._) circumcision: conciseness.

CONCLAMATION, kon-kla-m[=a]'shun, _n._ a shout of many together.

CONCLAVE, kon'kl[=a]v, _n._ the room in which cardinals meet to elect a pope: the body of cardinals: any close assembly.--_n._ CON'CLAVIST, an attendant on a cardinal in conclave. [L. _conclave_, from _con_, together, _clavis_, a key.]

CONCLUDE, kon-kl[=oo]d', _v.t._ to close: to end: to oblige.--_v.i._ to end: to infer: to form a final judgment.--_p.adj._ CONCLUD'ED, finished: settled.--_adj._ CONCLUD'ING, final, closing.--_n._ CONCLU'SION, act of concluding: the end, close, or last part: inference: judgment: an experiment: (_Shak._) a riddle.--_adjs._ CONCLUS'IVE, CONCLU'SORY, final: convincing.--_adv._ CONCLUS'IVELY.--_n._ CONCLUS'IVENESS.--IN CONCLUSION, finally.--TO TRY CONCLUSIONS, to experiment: to engage in a contest. [L. _conclud[)e]re_, _conclusum_--_con_, together, _claud[)e]re_, to shut.]

CONCOCT, kon-kokt', _v.t._ to digest: to prepare or mature: to make up a mixture: to plan, devise: to fabricate.--_ns._ CONCOCT'ER, CONCOCT'OR; CONCOC'TION, act of concocting: ripening: preparation of a medical prescription, &c.: a made-up story.--_adj._ CONCOCT'IVE, pertaining to concoction. [L. _concoqu[)e]re_, _concoctum_--_con_, together, and _coqu[)e]re_, to cook, to boil.]

CONCOMITANT, kon-kom'i-tant, _adj._ accompanying or going along with: conjoined with.--_n._ he who or that which accompanies.--_ns._ CONCOM'ITANCE, CONCOM'ITANCY, state of being concomitant.--_adv._ CONCOM'ITANTLY. [L. _con_, with, and _comitans_, pr.p. of _comit[=a]ri_, to accompany--_comes_, a companion.]

CONCORD, kon'kord, or kong'-, _n._ state of being of the same heart or mind: union: harmony: agreement: a combination of notes which is pleasant to the ear.--_v.i._ to agree: to harmonise.--_n._ CONCORD'ANCE, agreement: an index or dictionary of the leading words or passages of a book, esp. of the Bible.--_adj._ CONCORD'ANT, harmonious, united.--_adv._ CONCORD'ANTLY.--_n._ CONCORD'AT, a term, though sometimes used of secular treaties, generally employed to denote an agreement made between the pope and a secular government.--_adj._ CONCOR'DIAL, harmonious. [Fr. _concorde_--L. _concordia_--_concors_, of the same heart, from _con_, together, _cor_, _cordis_, the heart.]

CONCORPORATE, kon-kor'por-[=a]t, _v.t._ to unite in one body.--_adj._ united in one body. [L. _con_, together, and CORPORATE.]

CONCOURSE, kon'k[=o]rs, or kong'-, _n._ an assembly of persons or things running or drawn together: (_Scots law_) concurrence of an officer, who has legal right to grant it. [Fr.,--L. _concursus_--_con_, together, _curr[)e]re_, to run.]

CONCREATE, kon'kr[=e]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to create with or at the same time.

CONCREMATION, kon-kr[=e]-m[=a]'shun, _n._ a burning up or together, cremation.

CONCRESCENCE, kon-kres'ens, _n._ increment: a growing together of cells or other organisms. [L. _concrescentia_--_con_, together, _cresc[)e]re_, to grow.]

CONCRETE, kon'kr[=e]t, _adj._ formed into one mass: the opposite of _abstract_, and denoting a particular thing: made of concrete.--_n._ a mass formed by parts growing or sticking together: a mixture of lime, sand, pebbles, &c., used in building.--_v.t._ CONCR[=E]TE', to form into a solid mass.--_v.i._ to harden.--_adv._ CONCR[=E]TE'LY.--_ns._ CONCR[=E]TE'NESS; CONCR[=E]'TION, a mass concreted: a growth forming in certain parts of the body, as calculi, &c.--_adjs._ CONCR[=E]'TIONARY; CONCR[=E]T'IVE, having power to concrete. [L. _concretus_--_con_, together, _cresc[)e]re_, _cretum_, to grow.]

CONCREW, kon-kr[=oo]', _v.i._ (_Spens._) to concrete.

CONCUBINE, kong'k[=u]-b[=i]n, _n._ a woman who cohabits or lives with a man without being married.--_n._ CONC[=U]'BINAGE, state of living together as man and wife without being married.--_adj._ CONC[=U]'BINARY. [Fr.,--L. _concubina_--_con_, together, _cub[=a]re_, to lie down.]

CONCUPISCENCE, kon-k[=u]'pis-ens, _n._ violent desire: sexual appetite: lust.--_adjs._ CONC[=U]'PISCENT, CONC[=U]'PISCIBLE. [Fr.,--L. _concupiscentia_--_concupisc[)e]re_--_con_, inten., _cup[)e]re_, to desire.]

CONCUPY, kong'k[=u]-pi, _n._ (_Shak._) concubine, or concupiscence, according to Schmidt.

CONCUR, kon-kur', _v.i._ to run together: to meet in one point: to coincide: to act together: to agree: to assent to:--_pr.p._ concur'ring; _pa.p._ concurred'.--_ns._ CONCUR'RENCE, the meeting of lines: union: joint action: assent; CONCUR'RENCY.--_adj._ CONCUR'RENT, of lines meeting in the same point: coming, acting, or existing together: united: accompanying.--_n._ one that concurs: a competitor: one who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.--_adv._ CONCUR'RENTLY.--_adj._ CONCUR'RING, agreeing. [L. _concurr[)e]re_, from _con_, together, _curr[)e]re_, _cursum_, to run.]

CONCUSS, kon-kus', _v.t._ to disturb: to overawe: to coerce.--_n._ CONCUS'SION, state of being shaken: a violent shock caused by the sudden contact of two bodies: any undue pressure or force exerted upon any one.--_adj._ CONCUSS'IVE, having the power or quality of concussion. [L. _concussus_--_con_, together, _quat[)e]re_, to shake.]

CONCYCLIC, kon-s[=i]'klik, _adj._ (_geom._) lying on the circumference of one circle.

CONDEMN, kon-dem', _v.t._ to pronounce guilty: to censure or blame: to sentence to punishment: to give up to some fate: to pronounce unfit for use.--_adj._ CONDEM'NABLE, blamable.--_n._ CONDEMN[=A]'TION, state of being condemned: blame: cause of being condemned.--_adj._ CONDEM'NATORY, expressing or implying condemnation.--_p.adj._ CONDEMNED', pronounced to be wrong, guilty, or useless: belonging or relating to one who is sentenced to punishment, e.g. 'condemned cell:' declared dangerous and to be removed, as a house, bridge, &c. [L. _condemn[=a]re_, from _con_, inten., and _damn[=a]re_, to damage.]

CONDENSE, kon-dens', _v.t._ to compress or reduce by pressure into smaller compass: to reduce to a denser form, as vapour to liquid.--_n._ CONDENSABIL'ITY, the quality of being condensable.--_adj._ CONDENS'ABLE, capable of being compressed.--_v.t._ CONDENS'[=A]TE, to condense: to compress into a closer form.--_v.i._ to become dense: to harden:--_pr.p._ condens'[=a]ting; _pa.p._ condens'[=a]ted.--_ns._ CONDENS[=A]'TION, act of condensing; CONDENS'ER, an apparatus for reducing vapours to a liquid form: an appliance for collecting or condensing electricity. [L. _condens[=a]re_--_con_, inten., and _densus_, dense.]

CONDESCEND, kon-de-send', _v.i._ to descend willingly from a superior position: to act kindly to inferiors: to deign: to comply: to lower one's self.--_n._ CONDESCEND'ENCE, condescension: (_Scots law_) an articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.--_adj._ CONDESCEND'ING, yielding to inferiors: courteous: obliging: patronising.--_adv._ CONDESCEND'INGLY.--_n._ CONDESCENS'ION, affability to inferiors: courtesy: graciousness.--CONDESCEND UPON, to specify: to mention. [L. _con_, inten., and _descend[)e]re_, to descend.]

CONDIDDLE, kon-did'l, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to steal.

CONDIGN, kon-d[=i]n', _adj._ well merited: adequate (of punishment).--_adv._ CONDIGN'LY.--_n._ CONDIGN'NESS. [L. _condignus_--_con_, wholly, _dignus_, worthy.]

CONDIMENT, kon'di-ment, _n._ a seasoning used at table to give a flavour to the ordinary solid or liquid food.--_v.t._ to pickle. [L. _condimentum_--_cond[=i]re_, to preserve, to pickle.]

CONDITION, kon-dish'un, _n._ state in which things exist: a particular manner of being: quality: rank, as 'a person of condition:' pre-requisite: temper: a term of a contract: proposal: arrangement: (_logic_) that which must precede the operation of a cause: (_law_) a provision that upon the occurrence of an uncertain event an obligation shall come into force, or shall cease, or that the obligation shall not come into force until a certain event.--_v.i._ to make terms.--_v.t._ to agree upon: to restrict, limit: to determine.--_adj._ CONDI'TIONAL, depending on conditions.--_n._ CONDITIONAL'ITY.--_adv._ CONDI'TIONALLY.--_v.t._ CONDI'TIONATE, to condition: to qualify.--_adj._ CONDI'TIONED, having a certain condition, state, or quality: circumstanced: depending: relative--the opposite of _absolute_.--CONDITIONING HOUSE, an establishment in which the true weight, length, and condition of articles of trade and commerce are determined scientifically--the first in England established at Bradford in 1891. [L. _condicio_, _-nis_, a compact (later false spelling _conditio_)--_condic[)e]re_--_con_, together, _dic[)e]re_, to say.]

CONDOLE, kon-d[=o]l', _v.i._ to grieve with another: to sympathise in sorrow: (_Shak._) to grieve.--_adj._ CONDOL'ATORY, expressing condolence.--_ns._ CONDOLE'MENT, CONDOL'ENCE, expression of grief for another's sorrow.--_adj._ CONDOL'ENT, sympathetic. [L. _con_, with, _dol[=e]re_, to grieve.]

CONDONE, kon-d[=o]n', _v.t._ to forgive: to pass over.--_n._ CONDON[=A]'TION, forgiveness: in the legal phraseology of Britain and the United States, forgiveness granted by the injured party, which may be urged by the guilty party as a defence against an action of divorce on the ground of adultery. [L. _con_, inten., _don[=a]re_, to give. See DONATION.]

CONDOR, kon'dor, _n._ a large vulture found among the Andes of South America. [Sp.,--Peruv. _cuntur_.]

CONDOTTIERE, kon-dot-ti-[=a]'re, _n._ a leader of a band of military adventurers who sold their services to any party in any contest:--_pl._ CONDOTTIERI (-[=a]'r[=e]). [It.,--_condotto_, way--L. _con_, and _duc[)e]re_, to lead.]

CONDUCE, kon-d[=u]s', _v.i._ to tend to some end: to contribute.--_ns._ CONDUCE'MENT (_Milt._), CONDUC'IBLENESS, CONDUC'IVENESS.--_adjs._ CONDUC'IBLE, CONDUC'IVE, leading or tending: having power to promote: advantageous.--_advs._ CONDUC'IBLY, CONDUC'IVELY. [L. _con_, together, _duc[)e]re_, _ductum_, to lead.]

CONDUCT, kon-dukt', _v.t._ to lead or guide: to convey (water): to direct: to manage: to behave: (_elect._) to carry or transmit.--_ns._ CON'DUCT, act or method of leading or managing: guidance: escort: guide: management: behaviour; CONDUCTIBIL'ITY.--_adjs._ CONDUCT'IBLE, capable of conducting heat, &c.: capable of being conducted or transmitted.--_n._ CONDUC'TION, act or property of conducting or transmitting: transmission by a conductor, as heat.--_adj._ CONDUCT'IVE, having the quality or power of conducting or transmitting.--_ns._ CONDUCTIV'ITY, a power that bodies have of transmitting heat and electricity; CONDUCT'OR, the person or thing that conducts: a leader: a manager: a leader of an orchestra: one in charge of a bus, &c.: that which has the property of transmitting electricity, heat, &c.--_n.fem._ CONDUCT'RESS. [L. _conductus_--_conduc[)e]re_. See CONDUCE.]

CONDUIT, kun'dit, or kon'-, _n._ a channel or pipe to lead or convey water, &c.: a kind of fountain. [Fr. _conduit_--L. _conductus_--_conduc[)e]re_, to lead.]

CONDYLE, kon'dil, _n._ a protuberance at the end of a bone serving for articulation with another bone, esp. that by which the occipital bone of the skull is articulated to the spine.--_adj._ CON'DYLOID.--_n._ CONDYL[=O]'MA, a growth about the anus or generative organs. [Fr.,--L.,--Gr. _kondylos_, knuckle.]

CONE, k[=o]n, _n._ a solid pointed figure with a circular base: fruit shaped like a cone, as that of the pine, fir, &c.: anything shaped like a cone.--_ns._ CONE'-SHELL, a family of Gasteropod molluscs, with substantial conical shells; CONE'-WHEAT, a variety of wheat, with conical-shaped spike.--_adjs._ CONIC, -AL, having the form of or pertaining to a cone.--_adv._ CON'ICALLY.--_ns._ CON'ICALNESS, CONIC'ITY.--_adj._ CON'ICO-CYLIN'DRICAL.--_n._ CON'ICS, that part of geometry which deals with the cone and its sections.--_adj._ C[=O]'NIFORM, in the form of a cone.--CONIC SECTION, a figure made by the section of a cone by a plane. [Fr. _cone_--L.,--Gr. _k[=o]nos_, a peak, a peg.]

CONEY. See CONY.

CONFAB, kon-fab', _v._ and _n._ coll. forms of CONFAB'UL[=A]TE, CONFABUL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ CONFAB'ULAR.--_n._ CONFAB'UL[=A]TOR.--_adj._ CONFAB'UL[=A]TORY.

CONFABULATE, kon-fab'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to talk familiarly together: to chat.--_n._ CONFABUL[=A]'TION. [L. _con_, together, _fabul[=a]ri_, to talk--_fabula_, a tale, fable.]

CONFARREATION, kon-far-re-[=a]'shun, _n._ a Roman mode of marriage, made in the presence of the high-priest and ten witnesses, at which bread made of spelt was eaten together.--_adj._ CONFAR'REATE. [L. _confarreatio_--_confarre[=a]re_, to unite by bread, to marry--_con_, with, _far_, a species of grain.]

CONFECT, kon'fekt, _n._ fruit, &c., prepared with sugar: a sweetmeat: a comfit.--_v.t._ CONFECT', to prepare: to preserve.--_n._ CONFEC'TION, composition, compound: a composition of drugs: a sweetmeat: the French word for a ready-made article of dress for women's wear.--_v.t._ to make a confection, in its various uses.--_ns._ CONFEC'TIONARY (_B._), a confectioner: a sweetmeat: a place where confections are made: confectionery; CONFEC'TIONER, one who makes confections; CONFEC'TIONERY, a confectioner's shop: the business of a confectioner: sweetmeats in general. [L. _confic[)e]re_, _confectum_, to make up together--_con_, together, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

CONFEDERATE, kon-fed'[.e]r-[=a]t, _adj._ leagued together: allied.--_n._ one united in a league: an ally: an acomplice.--_v.i._ and _v.t._ to league together or join in a league.--_ns._ CONFED'ERACY, a league or mutual engagement: persons or states united by a league: a conspiracy; CONFEDER[=A]'TION, a league: alliance, esp. of princes, states, &c.--_adj._ CONFED'ER[=A]TIVE, of or belonging to a confederation. [L. _confoeder[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_con_, together, _foedus_, _foed[)e]ris_, a league.]

CONFER, kon-f[.e]r', _v.t._ to give or bestow: to compare (notes), collate--abbrev. CF.--_v.i._ to talk or consult together:--_pr.p._ confer'ring; _pa.p._ conferred'.--_ns._ CONFEREE', one conferred with; CON'FERENCE, the act of conferring: an appointed meeting for instruction or discussion.--_adjs._ CONFEREN'TIAL; CONFER'RABLE.--_n._ CONFER'RER, one who confers. [Fr.,--L. _conferre_--_con_, together, _ferre_, to bring.]

CONFERVA, kon-f[.e]r'va, _n._ a genus of lower fresh-water Algæ, forming slimy masses or tufts in ponds and stagnent pools, easily recognised by their unbranched filaments.--_adj._ CONFER'VOID. [L. _conferva_, a kind water-plant.]

CONFESS, kon-fes', _v.t._ to acknowledge fully, esp. something wrong: to own or admit: to make known, as sins to a priest: to hear a confession, as a priest.--_v.i._ to make confession.--_ns._ CONFES'SION, acknowledgment of a crime or fault: avowal; a statement of one's religious belief: acknowledgment of sin to a priest; CONFES'SIONAL, the seat or enclosed recess where a priest hears confessions.--_adj._ pertaining to confession.--_ns._ CONFES'SIONALISM; CONFES'SIONALIST.--_adj._ CONFES'SIONARY, of or belonging to confession.--_n._ a confessional.--_ns._ CONFESS'OR, one who professes the Christian faith, or a priest who hears confessions and grants absolution: one who endures persecution but not death:--_fem._ CONFESS'ORESS; CONFESS'ORSHIP.--_adjs._ CONFESSED', CONFEST', admitted: avowed: evident.--_advs._ CONFESS'EDLY, CONFEST'LY.--CONFESSION OF FAITH, a formulary embodying the religious beliefs of a church or sect: a creed.--CONFESS TO, to admit, acknowledge; STAND CONFESSED, to be revealed. [Fr. _confesser_--L. _confit[=e]ri_, _confessus_--_con_, sig. completeness, and _fat[=e]ri_--_f[=a]ri_, to speak.]

CONFIDE, kon-f[=i]d', _v.i._ to trust wholly or have faith (with _in_): to rely.--_v.t._ to entrust, or commit to the charge of.--_ns._ CONFIDANT', one confided in or entrusted with secrets: a bosom-friend:--_fem._ CONFIDANTE'; CON'FIDENCE, firm trust or belief: faith: self-reliance: firmness: boldness: presumption; CON'FIDENCY.--_adj._ CON'FIDENT, trusting firmly: having full belief: positive: bold.--_n._ a confidential friend.--_adj._ CONFIDEN'TIAL, (given) in confidence: admitted to confidence: private.--_advs._ CONFIDEN'TIALLY; CON'FIDENTLY.--_n._ CONFID'ER, one who confides.--_adj._ CONFID'ING, trustful.--_adv._ CONFID'INGLY.--_n._ CONFID'INGNESS.--CONFIDENCE TRICK, a swindler's trick, whereby a person is induced to hand over money as a mark of confidence in the swindler; CONFIDANT PERSON, in Scots law, a confidential person, partner, agent, &c. [L. _confid[)e]re_--_con_, sig. completeness, and _fid[)e]re_, to trust.]

CONFIGURATION, kon-fig-[=u]-r[=a]'shun, _n._ external figure or shape: outline: relative position or aspect, as of planets.--_vs.t._ CONFIG'URATE, CONFIG'URE, to shape. [L. _configuratio_--_con_, together, and _figur[=a]re_, to form. See FIGURE.]

CONFINE, kon'f[=i]n, _n._ border, boundary, or limit--generally in _pl._: (kon-f[=i]n') confinement: (_Shak._) a prison.--_v.t._ CONFINE', to border; to be adjacent to: to limit, enclose: to imprison.--_adjs._ CONFIN'-ABLE; CONFINED', limited: imprisoned: narrow; CONFINE'LESS (_Shak._), without bound: unlimited.--_ns._ CONFINE'MENT, state of being shut up: restraint: imprisonment: restraint from going abroad by sickness, and esp. of women in childbirth; CONFIN'ER. one within the confines: (_Shak._) an inhabitant.--_adj._ CONFIN'ING, bordering: limiting.--BE CONFINED, to be limited: to be in child-bed. [Fr. _confiner_--L. _confinis_, bordering--_con_, together, _finis_, the end.]

CONFIRM, kon-f[.e]rm', _v.t._ to strengthen: to fix or establish: to ratify: to verify: to assure: to admit to full communion.--_adj._ CONFIRM'ABLE.--_n._ CONFIRM[=A]'TION, a making firm or sure: convincing proof: the rite by which persons are admitted to full communion in the R.C., Greek, Lutheran, Anglican, and other Churches.--_adjs._ CONFIRM'ATIVE, tending to confirm; CONFIRM'ATORY, giving additional strength to: confirming; CONFIRMED', settled: inveterate.--_ns._ CONFIRMEE', one to whom anything is confirmed; CONFIRM'ER; CONFIRM'ING. [O. Fr. _confermer_--L. _confirm[=a]re_--_con_, inten., and _firm[=a]re_--_firmus_, firm.]

CONFISCATE, kon'fis-k[=a]t, or kon-fis'-, _v.t._ to appropriate to the state, as a penalty: to take possession of.--_adj._ forfeited to the public treasury.--_adjs._ CONFIS'CABLE, CONFIS'CATORY, of the nature of confiscation.--_ns._ CONFISC[=A]'TION, the act of confiscating; CON'FISC[=A]TOR, one who confiscates. [L. _confisc[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_con_, together, _fiscus_, a basket.]

CONFIT, kon'fit, _n._ (_obs._). Same as COMFIT.

CONFITEOR, kon-fit'[=e]-or, _n._ a form of prayer or confession used in the Latin Church. [L. _confiteor_, I confess.]

CONFITURE, kon'fit-[=u]r, _n._ (_obs._). Same as COMFITURE.

CONFIX, kon-fiks', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to fix firmly. [L. _config[)e]re_, _-fixum_--_con_, inten., _fig[)e]re_, to fix.]

CONFLAGRATE, kon'fla-gr[=a]t, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to burn up.--_adj._ CONFLAG'RANT (_Milt._) burning.--_n._ CONFLAGR[=A]'TION, a great burning or fire. [L. _conflagr[=a]re_--_con_, inten., and _flagr[=a]re_, to burn. See FLAGRANT.]

CONFLATE, kon-fl[=a]t', _v.t._ to blow together: to produce: to combine two variant readings of a text into one.--_n._ CONFL[=A]'TION. [L. _conflatus_--_confl[=a]re_, to blow together--_con_, and _fl[=a]re_, to blow.]

CONFLICT, kon'flikt, _n._ violent collision: a struggle or contest: a battle: a mental struggle.--_v.i._ CONFLICT', to fight: contend: to be in opposition: to clash.--_adj._ CONFLICT'ING, clashing: contradictory.--_n._ CONFLIC'TION.--_adj._ CONFLICT'IVE, tending to conflict. [L. _conflig[)e]re_--_con_, together, and _flig[)e]re_, to strike.]

CONFLUENCE, kon'floo-ens, _n._ a flowing together: the place of meeting, as of rivers: a concourse: the act of meeting together.--_adj._ CON'FLUENT, flowing together: uniting.--_n._ a stream uniting and flowing with another.--_adv._ CON'FLUENTLY.--_n._ CON'FLUX, a flowing together. [L. _conflu[)e]re_, _confluxum_, from _con_, together, _flu[)e]re_, to flow.]

CONFORM, kon-form', _v.t._ to make like or of the same form with: to adapt.--_v.i._ to be of the same form; to comply: to obey.--_n._ CONFORMABIL'ITY, state of being conformable.--_adj._ CONFORM'ABLE, corresponding in form: suitable: compliant.--_adv._ CONFORM'ABLY.--_ns._ CONFORM[=A]'TION, particular form, shape, or structure: adaptation; CONFORM'ER, CONFORM'IST, one who conforms, esp. with the worship of the Established Church; CONFORM'ITY, likeness: compliance: consistency.--IN CONFORMITY WITH, in accordance with. [L. _conform[=a]re_--_con_, with, and _form[=a]re_--_forma_, form.]

CONFOUND, kon-fownd', _v.t._ to overthrow, defeat: to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable: to throw into disorder: to perplex: to astonish.--_p.adj._ CONFOUND'ED, confused: astonished: (_coll._) consummate, egregious (a term of disapprobation).--_advs._ CONFOUND'EDLY (_coll._), hatefully, shamefully: cursedly; CONFOUND'INGLY, astonishingly.--CONFOUND YOU, an execration or curse. [O. Fr. _confondre_--L. _confund[)e]re_, _-fusum_--_con_, together, _fund[)e]re_, to pour.]

CONFRATERNITY, kon-fra-t[.e]r'ni-ti, _n._ a brotherhood: clan: brotherly friendship.

CONFRÈRE, kong-fr[=a]r, _n._ a colleague: a fellow-member or associate. [Fr.,--L. _con_, together, _frater_, a brother.]

CONFRONT, kon-frunt', _v.t._ to stand in front of: to face: to oppose: to bring face to face: to compare.--_n._ CONFRONT[=A]'TION, the bringing of people face to face. [Fr. _confronter_--Low L.,--L. _con_, together, and _frons_, the front. See FRONT.]

CONFUCIAN, kon-f[=u]'shyan, _adj._ of or belonging to _Confucius_, the Chinese philosopher (551-479 B.C.).--_ns._ CONF[=U]'CIANISM; CONF[=U]'CIANIST.

CONFUSE, kon-f[=u]z', _v.t._ to pour or mix together so that things cannot be distinguished: to throw into disorder: to perplex.--_v.i._ to be confused.--_adj._ CONFUSED', perplexed: disordered.--_adv._ CONFUS'EDLY, in a confused manner: disorderly.--_ns._ CONFUS'EDNESS, state of being confused: disorder; CONF[=U]'SION, the state of being confused: disorder: shame: overthrow: perplexity: embarrassment: turmoil.--_adj._ CONF[=U]'SIVE. [A doublet of CONFOUND.]

CONFUTE, kon-f[=u]t', _v.t._ to prove to be false: to refute: to put an end to.--_adj._ CONF[=U]T'ABLE.--_n._ CONFUT[=A]'TION.--_adj._ CONF[=U]T'ATIVE, tending to confute.--_n._ CONFUTE'MENT. [L. _confut[=a]re_--_con_, inten., and _futis_, a water-vessel, from _fund[)e]re_, to pour: to overthrow. See FUTILE.]

CONGÉ. See CONGEE.

CONGEAL, kon-j[=e]l', _v.t._ to freeze: to change from fluid to solid by cold: to solidify, as by cold.--_v.i._ to pass from fluid to solid, as by cold: to stiffen: to coagulate.--_adj._ CONGEAL'ABLE.--_ns._ CONGEAL'ABLENESS; CONGEAL'MENT, CONGEL[=A]'TION, act or process of congealing: anything congealed. [L. _congel[=a]re_, from _con_, and _gelu_, frost.]

CONGEE, kon'j[=e], CONGÉ, kong'j[=a], _n._ a bow: dismissal: leave to depart.--_v.i._ to take leave: to bow.--CONGÉ D'ÉLIRE (_Fr._), permission to elect: permission given by the crown to a dean and chapter to elect a bishop. [Fr. _congé_--L. _commeatus_, leave of absence--_com_, together, and _me[=a]re_, to go.]

CONGENER, kon'je-n[.e]r, or kon-j[=e]'n[.e]r, _n._ a person or thing of the same kind or nature.--_adj._ akin.--_adjs._ CONGENER'IC, -AL, of the same genus, origin, or nature; CONGEN'EROUS, of the same nature or kind; CONGENET'IC, alike in origin. [L.,--_con_, with, and _genus_, _generis_, kind.]

CONGENIAL, kon-j[=e]'ni-al, _adj._ of the same genius, spirit, or tastes: kindred, sympathetic: suitable.--_n._ CONGENIAL'ITY.--_adv._ CONG[=E]'NIALLY. [L. _con_, with, and _genialis_, genial. See GENIAL.]

CONGENITAL, kon-jen'i-tal, _adj._ begotten or born with, said of diseases or deformities dating from birth.--_adv._ CONGEN'ITALLY. [L. _congenitus_, from _con_, together, _gign[)e]re_, _genitum_, to beget.]

CONGER, kong'g[.e]r, _n._ a marine bony fish in the eel family, 3 to 6 feet long--also CON'GER-EEL: a company of co-operating booksellers. [L.,--Gr. _gongros_.]

CONGERIES, kon-j[=e]'ri-[=e]z, _n._ a collection of particles or small bodies in one mass. [L.,--_con_, together, _ger[)e]re_, _gestum_, to bring.]

CONGEST, kon-jest', _v.t._ to bring together, or heap up: to accumulate.--_adjs._ CONGEST'ED, affected with an unnatural accumulation of blood: overcrowded; CONGEST'IBLE.--_n._ CONGEST'ION, an accumulation of blood in any part of the body: fullness: an overcrowded condition.--_adj._ CONGEST'IVE, indicating or tending to congestion. [L. _conger[)e]re_, _congestum_--_con_, together, and _ger[)e]re_, _gestum_, to bring.]

CONGIARY, kon'ji-ar-i, _n._ a gift to the Roman people or soldiery, originally in corn, oil, &c., each receiving a _congius_ or gallon--afterwards given in money. [L. _congiarium_--_congius_, the Roman gallon.]

CONGLOBE, kon-gl[=o]b', _v.t._ or _v.i._ to collect together into a globe or round mass:--_pr.p._ congl[=o]b'ing; _pa.p._ congl[=o]bed'.--_adj._ CONGLOB'ATE, formed into a globe or ball.--_v.t._ to form into a globe or ball.--_n._ CONGLOB[=A]'TION.--_v.i._ CONGLOB'[=U]LATE, to gather into a globule or small globe. [L. _con_, together, and _glob[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_globus_, a ball, globe.]

CONGLOMERATE, kon-glom'[.e]r-[=a]t, _adj._ gathered into a clew or mass.--_v.t._ to gather into a ball.--_n._ a rock composed of pebbles cemented together.--_n._ CONGLOMER[=A]'TION, state of being conglomerated: a collection of things. [L. _conglomer[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_con_, together, and _glomus_, _glomeris_, a clew, akin to _globus_.]

CONGLUTINATE, kon-gl[=oo]'tin-[=a]t, _v.t._ to glue together: to heal by uniting.--_v.i._ to unite or grow together.--_p.adj._ CONGLU'TINANT.--_n._ CONGLUTIN[=A]'TION, a joining by means of some sticky substance: healing.--_adj._ CONGLU'TIN[=A]TIVE, having power to conglutinate.--_n._ CONGLU'TIN[=A]TOR. [L. _conglutin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_con_, together, and _gluten_, glue.]

CONGOU, kong'g[=oo], _n._ a kind of black tea.--Also CONGO. [Chinese _kung-fu_, labour, referring to the labour expended in producing the tea.]

CONGRATULATE, kon-grat'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to wish joy to on any fortunate event: to felicitate: to consider one's self fortunate in some matter.--_adj._ CONGRAT'ULANT, expressing congratulation.--_n._ a congratulator.--_ns._ CONGRATUL[=A]'TION, act of congratulating: an expression of joy or sympathy; CONGRAT'ULATOR.--_adj._ CONGRAT'ULATORY. [L. _congratul[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_--_con_, inten., _gratul[=a]ri_--_gratus_, pleasing.]

CONGREE, kon-gr[=e]', _v.i._ (_Shak._) to agree together: to accord. [L. _con_, together, and Fr. _gré_, good-will--L. _gratus_, pleasing.]

CONGREET, kon-gr[=e]t', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to salute mutually. [L. _con_, together, and GREET.]

CONGREGATE, kong'gre-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to gather together: to assemble.--_v.i._ to flock together.--_p.adj._ CONGREGAT'ED, assembled: aggregated.--_n._ CONGREG[=A]'TION, the act of congregating: an assemblage of persons or things: (_O.T._) a name given to the children of Israel: a body of people united to worship in a particular church: the name given to the body of Protestant Reformers in Scotland in the time of Mary.--_adj._ CONGREG[=A]'TIONAL, pertaining to a congregation.--_ns._ CONGREG[=A]'TIONALISM, a form of church government in which each congregation is independent in the management of its own affairs--also called _Independency_; CONGREG[=A]'TIONALIST, adherent of Congregationalism. [L. _congreg[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_con_, together, and _grex_, _gregis_, a flock.]

CONGRESS, kong'gres, _n._ a meeting together or assembly, as of ambassadors, &c., for political purposes: the federal legislature of the United States.--_v.i._ to meet in congress.--_adj._ CONGRES'SIONAL.--_n._ CON'GRESSMAN, a member of congress. [L. _con_, together, and _gradi_, _gressus_, to step, to go.]

CONGREVE, kong'gr[=e]v, _n._ a rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William _Congreve_ (1772-1828).--_n._ CON'GREVE-MATCH, a kind of lucifer match, invented by Congreve.

CONGRUE, kong-gr[=oo]', _v.i._ (_Shak._) to agree.--_ns._ CONG'RUENCE, CONG'RUENCY, agreement: suitableness.--_adj._ CONG'RUENT, agreeing: suitable: congruous: used of two numbers which, when divided by the same number, give the same remainder.--_n._ CONGRU'ITY, agreement between things: consistency: fitness.--_adj._ CONG'RUOUS, suitable: fit: consistent.--_adv._ CONG'RUOUSLY.--_n._ CONG'RUOUSNESS. [L. _congru[)e]re_, to run together.]

CONIA. See CONIUM.

CONIC, -AL; CONICS. See CONE.

CONIFERÆ, kon-if'[.e]r-[=e], _n.pl._ an order of exogenous plants, including pines, firs, &c., which bear cones, in which the seed is contained.--_n._ CON'IFER, one of the foregoing.--_adj._ CONIF'EROUS, cone-bearing, as the fir, &c. [CONE, and L. _ferre_, to bear.]

CONIFORM. See CONE.

CONIMA, kon'i-ma, _n._ a fragrant resin for making pastilles.

CONINE, k[=o]'nin, _n._ an alkaloid forming the poisonous principle of hemlock.--Also C[=O]'NIA, C[=O]'NICINE. [Gr. _k[=o]neion_, hemlock.]

CONIROSTRAL, k[=o]n-i-ros'tral, _adj._ having a strong conical beak.--_n.pl._ CONIROS'TRES, a group of insessorial birds with such. [CONE, and L. _rostralis_--_rostrum_, a beak.]

CONJECT, kon-jekt', _v.i._ (_Shak._) to conjecture.

CONJECTURE, kon-jekt'[=u]r, _n._ a forecast: an opinion formed on slight or defective evidence: an opinion without proof: a guess: an idea.--_v.t._ to make conjectures regarding: to infer on slight evidence: to guess.--_adjs._ CONJECT'URABLE, that may be conjectured; CONJECT'URAL, involving conjecture: given to conjecture.--_adv._ CONJECT'URALLY. [L. _conjic[)e]re_, _conjectum_, to throw together--_con_, together, and _jac[)e]re_, to throw.]

CONJEE, CONGEE, kon'j[=e], _n._ water in which rice has been boiled, much used for invalids. [Anglo-Indian--Tamil _kañji_. Origin unknown.]

CONJOIN, kon-join', _v.t._ to join together: to combine.--_v.i._ to unite.--_adjs._ CONJOINED', united: in conjunction; CONJOINT', joined together: united.--_adv._ CONJOINT'LY. [Fr. _conjoindre_--L. _con_, together, and _jung[)e]re_, _junctum_, to join. See JOIN.]

CONJUGAL, kon'joo-gal, _adj._ pertaining to marriage.--_n._ CONJUGAL'ITY.--_adv._ CON'JUGALLY. [L. _conjugalis_--_conjux_, one united to another, a husband or wife--_con_, and _jugum_, a yoke.]