If thou wilt prolong

Dire compotation, forthwith reason quits Iler empire to confusion and misrule.-Philips. COMPOTATOR, kom-po-ta'tur, s. One who drinks with another.

COMPOUND, kom-pownd', v. a. (compono, Lat.) To mingle or unite two or more ingredients in one mass; to form by uniting various parts; to combine; to settle amicably; to adjust or pay by agreement; to adjust a difference by receiving an equivalent, or less; to discharge a debt by paying a part. In Grammar, to form one word from two or more; v. n. to come to terms of agreement by abating something of the first demand; to bargain in the lump; to come to terms by granting something on each side; to agree; to settle with a creditor by agreement ;-a. formed of two or more ingredients; not simple; s. a body made of two or more elementary substances. Compound arch, or Recessed arch, one arch receding within another. Compound addition, substraction, multiplication, and division: the addition, &c., of compound quantities. Compounding with creditors, an agreement by which creditors take a proportion in lieu of the whole of their claims, and for which they give their debtor an acquittance from his obligations. Compound flowers are the flower-heads of composite plants, collected on a depressed axis or receptacle, surrounded by an involucre of floral leaves, or bracts. Compound interest is interest upon interest, or when the interest is periodically added to the principal sum, and the gross amount bears interest. Compound leaf is one which connects several leaflets in one petiole. Compound microscopes are such as have two sets of glasses: single microscopes consist of a single lens, or of two lenses acting as a single те. Compound motion is that which arises from the effect of several conspiring forces. Compounding offences, entering into an undertaking, on the part of an informer or other person, without the consent or order of the court in which such offender should be tried, to forego the prosecuting of an offender, for any consideration received or to be received. Compound quantities, in Arithmetic, are such as consist of more than one denomination, as five pounds, six shillings, and ninepence, or two yards, three-quarters, and six inches. Compound quantities, in Algebra, are such as are linked by the signs and ; as, a + b, c - d, xy+ab. Compound radicle, a term used in modern Chemistry to denote a certain class of compound bodies, possessing the property of uniting with the elements, and of forming combaations with them, analogous in their properties to the combinations of two simple bodies. Compound ratio is that which the products of the antecedents of two or more ratios have to the product of their consequents. Compound time, in Music, when two or more measures are joined in one. Compound umbel, in Botany, an umbel forined by two or more umbels.

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COMPOUNDABLE, kom-pown'da-bl, a. Capable of being compounded.

COMPOUNDER, kom-pown'dur, s. One who compounds or mixes different substances together; one who endeavours to bring parties to terms of agreement.

COMPRECATION, kom-pre-ka'shun, s. (con, and precatio, praying, Lat.) Praying together; supplication.

COMPREHEND, kom-pre-hend', v. a. (comprehendo, Lat.) To comprise; to include; to contain; to imply; to understand; to conceive. COMPREHENSIBLE, kom-pre-hen ́se-bl, a. (comprehensibilis, Lat.) That may be comprehended; intelligible; conceivable by the understanding; possible to be comprised. COMPREHENSIBLENESS, kom-pre-hen ́se-bl-nes, s. Capability of being understood. COMPREHENSIBLY, kom-pre-hen'se-ble, ad. With great power of siguification or comprehension; significantly.

COMPREHENSION, kom-pre-hen'shun, s. (comprehensio, Lat.) The act or quality of comprising or containing; summary; epitome; a compendium or abridgment in which much is comprised; knowledge; capacity; power of the mind to understand and contain ideas. In Rhetoric, a trope or figure, by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for the whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.

COMPREHENSIVE, kom-pre-hen'siv, a. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things at once; having the quality of comprising much; compendious; extensive. COMPREHENSIVELY, kom-pre-henʼsiv-le, ad. In a comprehensive manner. COMPREHENSIVENESS, kom-pre-hen'siv-nes, s. The quality of being comprehensive, or of including much in a narrow compass. COMPREHENSOR, kom-pre-hen'sur, s. One who has obtained knowledge.-Obsolete. COMPRESBYTERIAL, kom-prez-be-te're-al, a. Relating to the Presbyterian form of ecclesiastical ministration.

COMPRESS, kom'pres, s. (comprimo, I press, Lat.) In Surgery, a pad of folded linen, &c., used as a pressure on any particular part. COMPRESS, kom-pres', v. a. (comprimo, Lat.) To force into a narrower compass; to press together by external force; to crowd together; to embrace. COMPRESSIBILITY, kom-pres-se-bil'e-te, s. (compressibilitas, Lat.) The property possessed by bodies of being reduced to a small compass or volume by external pressure, by which their molecules are brought into closer contact, and the body

rendered more dense and solid.

COMPRESSIBLE, kom-pres'se-bl, a. Capable of being forced into a narrower compass; yielding to pres sure, so that parts are brought closer together. COMPRESSIBLENESS, kom-pres'se-bl-nes, &. Compressibility; the quality of being compressible. COMPRESSION, kom-presh'un, s. The act of compressing. In Physics, the action exercised upon a body by external force, which presses the constituent molecules into closer contact. The term is used in Surgery for the repression of hemor rhage from diseased or wounded blood-vessels, as also in the treatment of aneurisms, wounds or sores, by means of bandages. In Pathology, applied to a compressed state of the brain or other

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organ; in Botany, to leaves when flattened lateray; in Conchology, to shells, when one valve is fatter than another.

COMPRESSIVE, kom-pres'siv, a. Having the power to compress. COMPRESSOR, kom-pres'sur, s. In Anatomy, a mascle which compresses a part, as that of the pose, and of the uthera.

COMPRESSURE, kom-pres'sure, 8. The act or force of one body pressing against another. COMPRIEST, kom'preest, &. A fellow-priest.-Ob

COMPRINT, kom-print', v. n. To print together; taken in law for the deceitful printing of another's copy or book to the prejudice of the proprietor.— Seldom used.

COMPRISAL, kom-pri'zal, s. The act of comprising or comprehending.

COMPRISE, kom-prize', v. a. (comprendre, Fr.) To
contain; to comprehend; to include.
COMPROBATE, kom'pro-bate, v. n. (comprobo, Lat.)
To agree with; to concur in testimony.
COMPROBATION, kom-pro-ba'shun, s. Proof; at-

testation.-Seldom used.

COMPROMISE, kom'pro-mize, s. (compromissum, Lat.) A mutual promise of two or more parties, who cannot agree, to refer the settlement of their case to the decision of arbitrators; a compact or bargain in which some concessions are to be made. COMPROMISE, kom-pro-mize', v. a. To compound; to adjust a compact by mutual concessions; to agree; to accord. COMPROMISER, kom-pro-mi'zur, s. One who makes

concessions.

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COMPROMISSORIAL, kom-pro-mis-so're-al, a. lating to a compromise. COMPROMIT, kom'pro-mit, v. a. (compromitto, Lat.) To pledge; to promise by some act or declaration. COMPROVINCIAL, Kom-pro-vin'shal, s. Belonging to the same province.

COMPT, kownt, s. (compte, Fr.) Account; computation; reckoning;-v. a. (compter, Fr.) to compute: to count is now used;-a. (comptus, Lat.) neat; spruce.-Obsolete-pronounced komt.

A neat, spruce, compt fellow.-Cotgrave. COMPTIBLE.-Obsolete.-See Accountable. COMPTLY, komt'le, ad. Neatly; sprucely.-Ob

solete.

COMPINESS, komt'nes, s. Neatness.-Obsolete. COMPTONIA, kom-to'ne-a, s. (in honour of Henry Compton, Bishop of London.) A genus of aromatie plants, natives of the United States of America: Order, Myriacea.

COMPTONITE, komp'tun-ite, s. (in honour of Lord Compton, Earl of Northampton.) A mineral which occurs among the vesicular lavas of Vesuvius, associated with mesotype and other minerals. It occurs in translucent white crystals, the primary form of which is a rectangular prism. COMPTROL.-See Control. COMPTROLLER, kon-tro'lur, s. Director; super

visor. See Controller.

COMPULSIVE-CON.

The act of compelling to something; force; violence; the state of being compelled; violence suffered.

COMPULSIVE, kom-pul'siv, a. Having power to compel; applying force.

COMPULSIVELY, kom-pul'siv-le, ad. By force or violence.

COMPULSIVENESS, kom-pul'siv-nes, s. Force; compulsion.

COMPULSORILY, kom-pul'so-re-le, ad. In a compulsory or forcible manner; by force or violence. COMPULSORY, kom-pul'so-re, a. Having the power of necessitating or compelling. COMPUNCTION, kom-punk'shun, s. (compunctio, Lat.) A pricking; stimulation; irritation; remorse arising from the commission of crime; poignant grief; repentance; contrition. COMPUNCTIONLESS, kom-punk'shun-less, a. Callous; not feeling compunction.

COMPUNCTIOUS, kom-punk'shus, a. Repentant; sorrowful; full of contrition.

COMPUNCTIVE, kom-punk'tiv, a. Causing remorse. COMPUPIL, kom-pu'pil, s. A fellow-pupil.-Sel

dom used.

COMPURGATION, kom-pur-ga'shun, s. (compurgo, Lat.) In Law, the practice of justifying a person's veracity by the testimony of another. COMPURGATOR, kom-pur-ga'tur, s. (con, with, and purgo, I clear, Lat.) By the Canon Law of the middle ages, if a person charged with a crime gave oath as to his innocence, and got twelve permitted persons also to sware to it, he was discharged as guiltless, and the persons swearing as to his innocence were called compurgators. The law permitting this practice was abolished by the stat. 8th Eliz. c. 7. COMPUTABLE, kom-pu'ta-bl, a. Capable of being numbered or computed. COMPUTATE.-See Compute. COMPUTATION, kom-pu-ta'shun, s. (computatio, Lat.) The act of reckoning; calculation; the process by which sums or numbers are estimated; the sum collected or settled by calculation. COMPUTE, kom-pute', v. a. (computo, Lat.) reckon; to calculate; to number; to count; to cast up or estimate in the mind;-s. calculation; computation.- Obsolete as a substantive. COMPUTER, kom-pu'tur, s. A reckoner; a calculator.

To

COMPUTIST, kom-pu'tist, s. (computiste, Fr.) A calculator; a computer.-Obsolete. COMRADE, kumʼrade, s. (camarade, Fr.) A companion; an associate; a partner in occupation or danger.

COMROGUE, kum'roge, s. A fellow-rogue.--Obsolete.

You may seek them in bridewell, or the hole; here are none of your comrogues.-Massinger. CON, kon, s. (abbreviated from contra, against.) A cant word for the negative side of a question, as the pros and cons;

Of many knotty points they spoke,

And pro and con by turns they took,-Prior. -v. a. (cunnan, to know, Sax.) to know; to study; to commit to memory; to con thanks, an old expression for 'to thank.'

I con him no thanks for it, in the nature he delivers

CON, kon. An inseparable Latin preposition, which at the beginning of words implies union or asso

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ciation. It is sometimes represented by co, col, com, or cor, in all of which it has the same meaning as cum, with or together; as in convene, to come together; co-operate, to work together; collect, to bring together; compound, to mix together; correspond, to agree together. Sometimes con is written co in such words as cogenial for congenial, cotemporary for contemporary. CONARIUM, ko-na're-um, s. (konos, a little cone or top, from its conical shape.) In Anatomy, the pineal gland.

CONATUS, ko-na'tus, s. (Latin.) Tendency of a
body towards a point.
CONCAMERATE, kon-kam'e-rate, v. a. (concamero,
Lat.) To arch over; to vault; to lay a concave

over.

CONCAMERATION, kon-kam-e-ra'shun, s. An arching over; an arch or vault.

CONCATENATE, kon-kat ́e-nate, v. n. (con, and catena, a chain, Lat.) To link together; to unite

in a successive series or order. CONCATENATION, kon-kat-e-na'shun, s. A series of links united; an uninterrupted or unvariable succession or order of things connected. CONCAUSE, kon'k wz, s. Joint cause.-Obsolete. CONCAVATION, kong-ka-va'slun, s. The act of making concave.

CONCAVE, kong'kave, a. (concarus, Lat.) Hollow without angles: rounded as the inner surface of a cup;---8. a hollow; a cavity; an arch or vault; -. n. to make hollow. Concave-cucullate, hollowed out in the form of a hood. CONCAVENESS, kong'kave-nes, s. CONCAVITY, kon-kav'e-te, s. (concavite, Fr.) The internal surface of a hollow spherical body; hollowness.

Hollowness.

CONCAVO-CONCAVE, kon-ka'vo-kon'kave, a. Concave, or hollow on both sides.

CONCAVO-CONVEX, kon-ka'vo-kon'veks, a. Concave on one side and hollow on the other. CONCAVOUS.-See Concave. CONCAVOUSLY, kon-ka vus-le, ad. With hollowness; in such a manner as to discover the internal, surface of a hollow sphere.

CONCEAL, kon-sele', r. a. (concelo, Lat.) To hide; to keep secret; to cover; not to divulge or make known.

CONCEALABLE, kon-se'la-bl, a. Capable of being concealed; that may be hid or kept close. CONCEALEDLY, kon se led-le, ad. In a hidden or

secret manner.

CONCEALEDNESS, kon-seled-nes, 8. The state of being concealed; privacy; obscurity. CONCEALER, kon-se ́lur, s. One who conceals anything.

CONCEALING, kon-selling, s. A hiding or keeping close.

CONCEALMENT, kon-selement, s. The act of hiding; secresy; withdrawal from scrutiny or observation; the state of being hid; privacy; hidingplace; retreat; cover; shelter. CONCEDE, kon-sede', v. a. (concedo, Lat.) To yield;

to grant; to let pass; undisputed; to admit; to allow;r. n. to admit; to grant. CONCEIRGE, kon'seerj, s. (Freuch.) The keeper of a palace or castle; a housekeeper. CONCEIT, kon-sete', s. (concetto, Ital.) Conception; thought; idea; image in the mind; opinion; fancy; imagination; fantastic notion; pleasant fancy; gaiety of imagination; acuteness; senti

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ment; striking thought; opinion; active pride; fondness; favourable opinion; an affected or farfetched notion; understanding; power of apprehension;-(obsolete in the last two senses.) Out of conceit with, no longer fond of;-v. a. to conceive; to imagine; to think; to believe;-e. N. to form a notion.

CONCEITED, kon-se'ted, a. part. Endowed with fancy; proud; fond of one's self; opinionative; affected; fantastical.

CONCEITEDLY, kon-se'ted-le, ad. In a conceited manner; fancifully; whimsically. CONCEITEDNESS, kon-se'ted-nes, 8.

Vanity; an

overweening self-conceit; opinionativeness. CONCEITLESS, a. Stupid; dull of apprehension Obsolete.

Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless, To be seduc'd by thy flattery?—Shaks. CONCEIVABLE, kon-se'va-bl, a. (concevable, Fr.) That may be imagined or thought; that may be understood or believed.

CONCEIVABLY, kon-se'va-ble, ad. The quality of being conceivable.

CONCEIVE, kon-seve', v. a. (concevoir, Fr. concepere, Lat.) To form an embryo in the womb; to form in the mind; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand; to think; to be of opinion;v. n. to think; to have an idea of; to become pregnant.

CONCEIVER, kon-se'vur, s. One that conceives or apprehends.

CONCEIVING kon-se'ving, s. Apprehension; understanding; conception.

CONCELEBRATE, kon-sel'e-brate, v. a. To cele-
brate; to praise together.-Obsolete.
CONCENT, kon-sent', s. (consentus, Lat. concento,
Ital.) Concert of voices; harmony; consistency.
That undisturbed song of pure concent,
Aye sung before the sapphire-colour'd throne
To Him who sits thereon.- Mutm.
CONCENTED, kon-sen'ted, a.
cord with.

Made to agree or ac

CONCENTTUL, kon-sent'fil, a. Completely; harmonious.

CONCENTRATE, kon-sen'trate, e. a. (concentrer, Fr. from con, and centrum, a centre, Lat.) To impel nearer to the centre; to cause to occupy less space; to render more dense. To concentrate the thoughts, is to bring the entire reasoning and reflecting faculties to bear on a given subject. CONCENTRATED, kon-sen'tray-ted, a. In Chemistry,

a fluid is said to be concentrated, when, by evaporation or other means, it is deprived of the excess of the solvent body which it previously contained. In Pathology, the term is applied to the pulse when there is a contracted condition of the artery. CONCENTRATION, kon-sen-tra'shun, s. The act by which the particles constituting a body are brought into closer contact, and made to occupy less space; metaphysically, collectedness of ideas. CONCENTRATIVENESS, kon-sen'tra-tiv-nes, 8. A phrenological term, applied to that faculty of the mind which gives the power and disposition to concentrate the ideas on any favourite study or pursuit. The organ is situated on the back part of the head, below self-esteem, and above philoprogenitiveness.

CONCENTRE, kon-sen'tur, v. a. To direct towards one common centre;-e. n. to tend to one commen

CONCENTRICITY, kon-sen-tris'e-te, s. State of being ccentric; quality of having a common centre. CONCENTUAL, kon-sen'tu-al, a. Harmonious. CONCEPTACLE, kon-sep'takl, s. (Latin.) CONCEPTACULUM, kon-sep-tak'u-lum, In Botany, i the name given to a one-valved fruit or pericarp opening longitudinally on one side, and distinct from the seeds, being a folliculus in which there is no attachment between the ventral suture and the

placenta, as in Asclepias; a follicle. In a general sense, that in which anything is contained; a Vessel.

CONCEPTIBLE, kon-sep'te-bl, a That may be conceived; intelligible.

CONCEPTION, kon-sep'shun, s. (concipio, Lat.) The vital action by which a new being is produced in the female animal. In Mental Philosophy, that faculty of the mind by which we combine a number of individuals together by means of some mark or character common to them all; that action of the mind by which we perceive certain relations between ideas and the objects they refer to; notion; idea; image in the mind.

CONCEPTIOUS, kon-sep'shus, a. (conceptum, Lat.) Apt to conceive; fruitful; pregnant.-Obsolete.

Common mother,

Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb;

Let it no more bring out to ungrateful man.Shaks. CONCEPTIVE, kon-sep'tiv, a. Capable of conceiving. COSCERN, kon-sern', v. a. (concerner, Fr. concerno, Lat) To relate to; to belong to; to affect the interest of; to touch nearly; to be of importance ta; to interest; to engage by interest; to disturb; to make uneasy. To concern one's self, to intermeddle; to be busy in a matter;-s. business; afair, considered as relating to some important one; interest; engagement; importance; mothent; passion; affection; regard; solicitude. CONCERNED, kon-sernd', a. part. Interested; solicitous; anxious.

CONCERNEDLY, kon-ser'ned-le, ad. With affection; with interest.

CONCERNING, kon-ser'ning, s. Business; an affair of moment.-Obsolete.

For who that's but a queen, fair, sober, wise, Would from a paddock, from a bat, a gib, Such dear concernings hide ?-Shaks. CONCERNMENT, kon-sern'ment, s. The matter in which a person is concerned or interested; affair; business; interest; relation; influence; intercourse; importance; moment; solicitude; care; interposition; regard; meddling.

CONCERT, kon'sert, s. Communication of designs; establishment of measures among those engaged in the same affair; accordance of two or more

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persons in any scheme or undertaking, who are then said to act in concert;' harmony. In Music, a performance of several pieces of either vocal or instrumental music, but commonly by different voices or instruments. Concert pitch, the pitch, or degree of acuteness or gravity, generally adopted for one given note, and by which, consequently, every other note is governed.

CONCERT, kon-sert', v. a. (concerter, Fr.) To settle anything in private by mutual communication; to settle; to contrive; to adjust;-v. n. to consult with; as, 'he concerted with others on what measures he should adopt.'

CONCERTANTE, kon-ser-tan'te, s. (concertare, to contrive, Ital.) In Music, a word used to express those parts of a musical composition which sing or play without intermission from the beginning to the end of the piece.

CONCERTATION, kon-ser-ta'shun, s. (concertatio, Lat.) Strife; contention.-Obsolete. CONCERTATIVE, kon-ser-ta'tiv, a. Contentious; quarrelsome; recriminating.-Obsolete. CONCERTED, kon-ser'ted, a. Mutually contrived or planned.

CONCERTINA, kon-ser-ti'na, s. A musical instru

ment, invented by Professor Wheatstone, composed of a bellows with two hexagonal faces or ends, on which are placed stops or studs, by the action of which air is admitted to the lamina (tongues, or steel bars,) producing the sounds. The fingerstops are in four rows; the two middle ones confined to the notes of the natural scale, and the two outer to the sharps and flats. CONCERTO, kon-ser'to, s. (Italian.) A piece of music composed for a concert. CONCESSION, kon-sesh'un, s. (concessio, Lat.) The act of granting or yielding a matter; a grant; the thing yielded or granted; acknowledgment by way of apology; confession of a fault. In Rhetoric, conceding a point to the opponent, with a view to obtain a position which cannot be denied, to show that even though the point should be conceded, the cause can be maintained on different grounds. CONCESSIONARY, kon-sesh'un -ar-e, a. Yielding by way of concession or indulgence. CONCESSIVE, kon-ses'siv, a. Implying concession. By way of conCONCESSIVELY, kon-ses ́siv-le, a. cession or yielding.

CONCETTO, kon-tshet'o, or kon-set'to, pl. CONCETTI, s. (an Italian word.) False conceit; affected wit. The shepherds have their concetti and their antitheses. -Lord Chesterfield. NOTE. We admit this word with hesitation, and question the propriety of our lexicographers adopting such words into our language, because in a fit of pedantic conceit they have been used by an author or two, however high in literary reputation such may be. CONCH, kongk, s. (concha, Lat. kogche, pr. konche, Gr.) A marine bivalve shell. In Anatomy, concha auris, that portion of the external ear representing a large oval cavity, bounded above and behind by the anthelix, and below by the tragus and anti-tragus. Concha naris, the turbinated portion of the ethmoid bone.

CONCHACEA, kon-ka'se-a, s. (concha, a shell, Lat.) The name given by Blainville to a family of Lamellibranchiate Mollusca, furnished generally with regular, equivalve, rarely gaping, bivalve shells; the umbones of which are more or less curved forward; the hinge almost always with teeth; ligament short and swollen, internal or external; two

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distinct muscular impressions; generally marine, and living in sand or mud. It contains the genera Cardium, Iridina, Donax, Tellina, Mactra, Amphidesma, Crassatella. CONCHIFER, kong'ke-fur, s. (concha, and fero, CONCHIFERS, kong'ke-furz, bear, Lat.) A class of Mollusca, the inhabitants of bivalve shells, divided by Lamarck into two orders, Dimyaria and Monomy aria-the first having one muscular impression, and the other two. CONCHIFEROUS, kong-kif'er-us, a. (concha, and fero, I produce, Lat.) Producing shells. CONCHITE, kongkite, s. A petrified conch. CONCHOID, kong' koyd, s. (kogche, a shell, and eidos, form, Gr.) The name given to a curve, invented by Nichomedes, for solving the duplication of the cube, and the trisection of an angle. CONCHOIDAL, kong-koy'dal, a. Shelly; shell-like. In Mineralogy, the fracture of a shell is said to be conchoidal when hollow like a shell, that is, having convex elevations and concave depressions. CONCHOLEPAS, kong-kol'e-pas, s. A genus of oval, vaulted, univalvular Mollusca. CONCHOLOGICAL, kong-ko-loj ́e-kal, a. Pertaining to conchology; relating to shells. CONCHOLOGIST, kong-kol'o-jist, s. One versed in the natural history of shells. CONCHOLOGY, kong-kol'o-je, s. (kogche, a shell, and logos, a discourse, Gr.) The science of shells,

being that department of Malacology which treats of the form, relation, and classification of the shells of the testaceous Mollusca. CONCHOMETER, kong-kom'e-tur, s. (concha, and metor, I measure, Lat.) An instrument for measuring shells,

Pertaining

CONCHOPHYLLUM, kong-ko-fil'lum, s. (kogche, a shell, and phyllon, a leaf, Gr. from the leaves being convex above.) A genus of herbs which root on trees: Order, Asclepiadaceæ. CONCHYLACEOUS kong-ke-la'shus, a to shells; of the nature of shells. CONCILIABLE, kon-sil'e-a-bl, s. (conciliabulum, Lat.) A small assembly.-Obsolete. CONCILIAR, kon-sil'yar, or kon-sil'e-ar, a. (from concilium, a council, Lat.) Relating to a council. CONCILIATE, kon-sil'e-ate, v. a. (concilio, Lat.) To gain; to win; to reconcile.

CONCILIATION, kon-sil-e-a'shun, s. The act of gaining or reconciling.

CONCILIATOR, kon-sil-e-a'tur, s. One who makes peace between others. CONCILIATORY, kon-sil'e-a-tur-e, a. Tending to reconciliation; tending to appease animosities and cement differences.

CONCINNATE, kon-sin'nate, v. a. To make fit.Obsolete.

CONCINNITY, kon-sin'ne-te, s. (concinitas, Lat.) Neatness; decency; fitness.-Obsolete.

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There a man would commend in Correggio delicateness, in Parmesano concinnity-Wotton. CONCINNOUS, kon-sin'nus, a. (Latin.) Becoming; pleasant; agreeable. In Music, concinnous intervals are the various concords. CONCIONATOR, kon-shun-a'tur, s. (Latin.) preacher; one who addresses an assembly. CONCIONATORY, kon-shun-a'to-re, a. (concionatorius, Lat.) Relating to, or characteristic of, preaching or discourses in public assemblies. CONCISE, kon'sise, a. (concissus, Lat.) Brief; short; comprehensive; without redundancy.

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CONCISELY, kon- sise'le, ad. comprehensively.

Briefly; shortly;

CONCISENESS, kon-sise'nes, s. Brevity; shortness. CONCISION, kon-sizh'shun, s. (concisura, Lat.) Cutting off; excision; destruction. CONCITATION, kon-se-ta'shun, s. (concitatio, Lat.) The act of stirring up or putting in motion. CONCITE, kon-site', v. a. (concito, Lat.) To excite; to provoke; to urge.-Obsolete. CONCITIZEN, kon-sit'e-zn, s. A fellow-citizen. CONCLAMATION, kon-kla-ma'shun, s. (conclamatio, Lat.) An outery or shout of many together. CONCLAVE, kon'klave, s. (con, Lat. and kleio, I shut, Gr.) The name given to the assembly of cardinals when the election of a pope takes place. It is so termed in consequence of the cardinals being locked up in separate apartments during the days of election. They meet, however, once a day in the chapel of the Vatican, where their votes, written on slips of paper, are examined: this continues till two-thirds have voted in favour of one of the candidates.

CONCLUDE, kon-klude', v. a. (concludo, Lat.) To shut; to include; to comprehend; to collect by reasoning; to decide; to determine; to finish;v. n. to infer as a consequence; to determine; to settle opinion; to make a final determination; to end. CONCLUDENCY, kon-klu ́den-se, s. Consequence; logical deduction from premises. CONCLUDENT, kon-klu'dent, a. Decisive; ending in just and undeniable consequences. CONCLUDER, kon-klu'dur, s. or decides.

One who determines

With incon

CONCLUDINGLY, kon-klu'ding-le, ad.
trovertible evidence; conclusively.
CONCLUSIBLE, kon-klu'ze-bl, a. Determinable;
that may be inferred or concluded.
CONCLUSION, kon-klu'zhun, s. (conclusio, Lat.)
Determination; final decision; the close; the last
result of argumentative deduction; the conse-
quence; the result of experiments; the end; the
last part; confinement of the thoughts; silence.
--Obsolete in the last two meanings.

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion, shall acquire no lionour
Demuring upon me.-Shaks.

In Logic, that proposition which is inferred from certain previous propositions, termed the premises of the argument.

CONCLUSIONAL, kon-klu'zhun-al, a. Concluding. -Obsolete.

Decisively;