CONOCEPHALUS-CONOSTEGIA.

genus of shrubs, with crowded pedunculate heads of flowers: Order, Combretaceæ. CONOCEPHALUS, kon-o-sef'a-lus, s. (konos, a cone, and kephale, a head, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Astocarpaceæ.

CONOCEROS, ko-nos'er-us, s. (konos, a cone, and keras, a horn, Gr.) A genus of fossil Cephalopods, the shells of which have the septa convex towards the base of the cone. CONOCLINIUM, kon-o-klin'e-um, s. (konos, and klene, a bed, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Compositæ.

CONCEHELEX kon-e-he'liks, s. (konos, and helex, a snail shell, Gr.) A subgenus of the subfamily Mitranæ, in which the shell is small, cylindrical, or conic; the spire usually thick and short, with numerous plaits on the pillar: Family, Volutida. CONOID, ko-noyd', a. Having the form of a cone;— s. applied to the surface generated by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. In Anatomy, a gland in the third ventricle of the brain. CONOIDIC, ko-noy'dik, CONOIDICAL, ko-noy'de-kal,

ing to the form of a conoid.

a. Relating to a conoid; approach

CONOLITHES, ko-nol'e-this, s. A genus of fossil cones, with a linear aperture, and a considerably elevated spire: Subfamily, Coninæ. CONOMINEE, ko-nom-me-ne', s. One designated

as an associate.

CONOMORPHA, kon-o-mawr'fa, s. (chone, a funnel, and morpha, form, Gr. in reference to the form of the corolla.) A genus of small American trees: Order, Myrsinaceæ.

CONOPHARYNGIA, ko-no-fa-rin'je-a, s. (konos, a cone, and pharynx, the throat, Gr. in reference to the anthers being combined into a cone protruding from the throat of the corolla.) A genus of glabrous shrubs or trees, with opposite leaves, and terminal corymbs of flowers: Order, Apocynace. CONOPHOLIS, kon-o-fo'lis, s. (konos, and pholeo, I dwell in a hollow, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Orobranchaceæ.

CONOPLEA, kon-op ́le-a, s. (konos, and plea, abounding in, Gr.) A genus of Fungi: Suborder, Coniomycetes.

CONOPS, ko'nops, s. (konops, a gnat, Gr.) A Linnæan genus of Dipterous insects, in which the proboscis is long and pointed. It has been subdivided into the genera Bucentes, Prosena, Stomoxys, Myopa, Zodion, and Cenops proper. CONORBES, kon-awr'bis, s. (conus, a coue, and orbis, a globe, Lat.) A genus of shells resembling a Pleurotoma; the sphere is conic, and considerably elevated; the outer lip having a deep sinus above: Subfamily, Coninæ,

CONOSIPHON, kon-o-si'phun, s. (konos, and siphon, a tube, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Cincho

naceæ.

CONOSPERMIDE, kon-o-sper'me-de, s. (Conospermum, one of the genera.) A tribe of Exogenous plants, belonging to the natural order Protacea, including also the genera Synaphea and Stirlingia, some of the genera of which are distinguished by having the stamens connected in such a manner that the cohering lobes of two different anthers form only one cell.

CONOSPERMUM, kon-o-sper'mum, s. (konos, and sperma, a seed, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Protaces.

CONOSTEGIA, kon-o-ste'je-a, s. (konos, a cone, and

CONOSTEPHEUM-CONSCIENCE.

stege, a covering, Gr. in reference to its conical calyptriform calyx falling off in one piece.) A genus of trees or shrubs, most of which are natives of South America: Order, Melastomacer. CONOSTEPHEUM, kon-o-stef e-um, s. (konos, and stephos, a crown, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Epacridaceæ. CONOSTOMUM, kon-os'to-mum, s. (konos, a cone, and stoma, a mouth, Gr.) A curious little Alpine plant, an inhabitant of the summits of some of the highest Scottish mountains, and growing in Switzerland seven or eight thousand feet above the sea level. It constitutes a genus of the Urn-mosses : Order, Bryaceæ.

CONOSTYLEE, kon-o-stil'e-e, s. (konos, and stylos, a style, Gr.) A tribe of plants, belonging to the natural order Hæmodorace, or Blood-roots, distinguished from the other tribes by a long woolly perianth, that of Hæmodoraceæ being smooth. The plants of the typical genus Conostyles are natives of New Holland.

CONOTHAMNUs, kon-o-tham'nus, s. (konos, and thamnos, a shrub, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Myrtaceæ. CONOVULUS.-See Melampus. CONQUADRATE, kon-kwad rate, v. q. into a square.

To bring

CONQUASSATE, kon-kwas'sate, e. a. (conquassa, Lat.) To shake.-Obsolete.

Vomits do violently conquassate the lungs.-Harvey. CONQUASSATION, kon-kwas-sa'shun, s. Agitation; concussion.-Obsolete.

CONQUER, kongk'ur, v. a. (conquerir, Fr.) To vanquish; to overrun; to win; to gain by conquest; to overcome; to subdue; to surmount; to overcome by moral force;-v. n. to gain the victory;

to overcome.

CONQUERABLE, kongk'ur-a-bl, a. That may be
conquered or overcome.
CONQUERESS, kongk'ur-es, s.
A female who con-

quers or overcomes.

CONQUERINGLY, kongk'ur-ing-le, ad. In a conquering manner.

CONQUEROR, kongk'ur-ur, s. One who has obtained a victory; one who has brought into subjection; a victor.

CONQUEST, kong kwest, s. (conquete, Fr.) The act of conquering; subjection by physical or moral force; acquisition by victory; success in arms; victory; that which is conquered. In Civil Jurisprudence, the acquisition of property in common by a number of persons.

CONRADIA, kon-ra'de-a, s. (in honour of Conrad Gesner.) A genus of shrubs: Order, Gesneriaceæ. CONSANGUINEOUS, kon-sang-gwin'ne-us, a. (consanguineus, Lat.) Of the same blood; near of kin; related by birth. CONSANGUINITY, kon-sang-gwin'e-te, s. (consanguinitas, Lat.) The relation of persons by blood; relation by descent from one common progenitor. CONSARCINATION, kon-sør-se-na'shun, s. (from consarcino, I patch up, Lat.) The act of patching together. CONSCIENCE, kon'shens, s. (conscientia, Lat.) The knowledge or faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own motives and actions; justice; the estimate of conscience; real sentiment; private opinion; scruple; difficulty. Conscience, (Courts of), are courts for the recovery of small debts, not exceeding £5.

CONSCIENCED-CONSECRATORY.

CONSCIENCED, kon'shensd, a. -Obsolete

CONSECTANEOUS-CONSEQUENTIAL.

Nothing will hold a sanctified, tender-conscienced rebel, but a prison or a halter.-South's Sermons.

CONSCIENCELESS, kon'shens-les, a. Having no

Conscience.

CONSCIENT.-See Conscious.

CONSCIENTIOUS, kon-she-en'shus, a Regulated or governed by conscience; scrupulous; exactly just; influenced by a sense of duty. CONSCIENTIOUSLY, kon-she-en'shus-le, ad. According to the dictates of conscience; with a strong regard to moral convictions, or a sense of duty. CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, kon-she-en'shus-nes, s. Regard to the dictates of conscience; scrupulous attention to moral convictions; tenderness of conscience.

CONSCIONABLE, kon'shun-a-bl, a. Reasonable; jat; according to conscience. CONSCIONABLENESS, kon'shun-a-bl-nes, s. Equity; reasonableness.

CONSCIONABLY, kon'shun-a-ble, ad. In a manner agreeable to conscience; reasonably; just. CONSCIOUS, kon'shus, a. (conscius, Lat.) Endowed with the power of knowing one's own thoughts and actions; knowing from memory; knowing by conscience or from mental perception; bearing witness by the dictate of conscience. CONSCIOUSLY, kon'shus-le, ad.

With knowledge

of one's own thoughts and actions. CONSCIOUSNESS, kon'shus-nes, s. The perception of what passes in one's own mind; internal sense of guilt or innocence; sense of the truth or reality of anything from observation or experience. CONSCRIPT, kon'skript, a. (conscribo, I enrol with others, Lat.) Registered; enrolled. Conscript Fathers, (Patres Conscripti,) a title given to the Roman senators subsequent to the expulsion of the kings- a soldier enrolled for public service under the conscription laws of France, by which every male of twenty years of age is liable to serve for seven years.

CONSCRIPTION, kon-skrip'shun, 8. The compulsatory enrolment of individuals for the military or naval service, taken by ballot or otherwise from the people at large.

CONSECRATE, kon'se-krate, v. a. (eonsecro, Lat.) To make sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to dedicate or set apart to the service and worship of God; to canonize;-a. consecrated; sacred; devoted; dedicated.

State

CONSECTARY, kon'sek-ta-re, a. (consectarius, Lat.) Consequent; deducible; following by consequence; -s. deduction from premises; consequence; corollary. CONSECUTION, kon-se-ku'shun, s. (consecutio, Lat.) Train of consequences; chain of deductions; concatenation of propositions; succession. Consecution month, in Astronomy, is the space between one conjunction of the moon with the sun and another. CONSECUTIVE, kon-sek'u-tiv, a. (consecutif, Fr.) Following in a train; uninterrupted; successive; consequential.

CONSECUTIVELY, kon-sek'u-tiv-le, ad. In succession; following regularly. CONSECUTIVENESS, kon-sek'u-tiv-nes, s. State of being consecutive.

CONSEMINATE, kon-sem'e-nate, v. a. (consemino, Lat.) To sow different seeds together. CONSENESCENCE, kon-se-nes'sens, s. (consenesCONSENESCENCY, kon-se-nes'sen-se, co, I grow old, Lat.) Decay from old age; a growing old. CONSENSION, kon-sen'shun, s. (consensio, Lat.) Agreement; accord.-Seldom used. CONSENT, kon-sent', s. (consensus, Lat.) The act of yielding or consenting; concord; agreement; unity of opinion; accord; coherence with; correspondence in parts, qualities, or operation. In the animal economy, an agreement or sympathy by which one affected part of the system acts upon another;-v. n. to be of the same mind; to agree; to co-operate; to yield; to give consent; to admit; to allow.

CONSENTANEITY, kon-sen-ta-ne'e-te, s. Reciprocal agreement.

CONSENTANEOUS, kon-sen-ta'ne-us, a. (consentaneus, Lat.) Agreeable to; consistent with; suitable.

CONSENTANEOUSLY, kon-sen-ta'ne-us-le, ad. Agreeably; consistently; suitably. CONSENTANEOUSNESS, kon-sen-ta'ne-us-nes, s. Agreement; consistency.

CONSENTER, kon-sen'tur, s. One who consents. CONSENTIAN, kon-sen'shan, a. By general consent; applied by the Latins to their twelve principal deities-Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Apollo.

CONSENTIENT, kon-sen'shent, a. (consentiens, Lat.) Agreeing; united in opinion; not differing in sentiment.

CONSEQUENCE, kon'se-kwens, s. (consequentia, Lat.) That which follows from any cause or principle; event; effect of a cause. In Logic, a proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; deduction; conclusion; importance; influence; tendency as to results; that which produces consequences. CONSEQUENT, kon'se-kwent, a. Following by rational deduction; following as the effect of a cause;―s. consequence; that which follows from previous propositions by rational deduction; effect; that which follows an acting cause. CONSEQUENTIAL, kon-se-kwen'shal, a. Produced by the necessary concatenation of effects to causes; having the consequences justly connected with the premises; conclusive; important; conceited; pompous.

CONSEQUENTIALLY-CONSIDER.

CONSEQUENTIALLY, kon-se-kwen'shal-le, ad. With just deduction of consequences; with right connection of ideas; by consequence; not immediately; eventually; in a regular series; with great assumption and pomp.

CONSEQUENTIALNESS, kon-se-kwen 'shal-nes, s. Regular consecution of discourse.

CONSEQUENTLY, kon'se-kwent-le, ad. By consequence; necessarily; inevitably; by the connection of effects to their causes; in consequence; pursuantly.

CONSEQUENTNESS, kon'se-kwent-nes, s. Regular connection of propositions; consecution of dis

course.

CONSERTION, kon-ser'shun, s. (from consero, I join, Lat.) Function; adaptation.--Seldom used.

What order, beauty, motion, distance, size! Consertion of design, how exquisite !— Young. CONSERVABLE, kon-ser'va-bl, a. (from conservo, I preserve, Lat.) Capable of being preserved or maintained.

CONSERVANCY, kon-serʼvan-se, s. (conservans, Lat.) A court held in London for the preservation of the fishery on the river Thames. CONSERVANT, kon-ser'vant, a. serves or continues.

That which pre

CONSERVATION, kon-ser-va'shun, s. (conservatio, Lat.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting from violation, loss, or decay; continuance; protection.

CONSERVATISM, kon-ser'va-tizm, s. The practice

of resisting changes; or of maintaining and preserving that which is established. CONSERVATIVE, kon-ser'va-tiv, s. In Politics, one attached to the institutions of church and state, and generally opposed to innovation on matters affecting constituted authority; an opponent to democracy;-a. having the power of preserving from decay or violation; preservative. CONSERVATOR, kon-ser-va'tur, s. (Latin.) A preserver; a protector; one opposed to innovation; an officer appointed for the maintenance of the privileges of some cities, corporations, and communities.

CONSERVATORY, kon-ser'va-to-re, s.

A place

where anything is kept for preservation. In Horticulture, a glazed structure in which exotic trees are grown, not in pots, as in a greenhouse, but in a bed of soil. Conservatories, in Italy and France, are musical schools intended for the scientific cultivation of music;-a. having a preservative quality. CONSERVE, kon'serv, s. A sweetmeat made of the inspissated juices of fruit boiled with sugar. In Pharmacy, a preparation of a soft pulpy nature, in which the medicinal matter constituting its base is preserved by the admixture of a considerable quantity of sugar, as the conserve of roses; -a. conservatory.-Obsolete in the last sense. CONSERVE, kon-serv', v. a. (conservo, Lat.) To preserve without loss or violation; to candy or pickle fruit.

CONSERVER, kon-ser'vur, s. One who conserves; one who preserves from loss or violation; one who prepares conserves.

CONSESSION, kon-sesh'un, s. (consessio, Lat.) A sitting together.-Obsolete.

CONSESSOR, Kon-ses'sur, s. One who sits with

others. Obsolete

CONSIDER, kon-sid'ur, v. a. (considero, Lat.) To

CONSIDERABLE-CONSIGNATION.

think upon with care; to ponder; to examine; to sift; to study; to take into view; not to omit in the examination; to have regard to; to respect; not to despise. In the imperative mood, it is a kind of interjection; a word whereby attention is summoned;

Consider,

Thy life hath yet been private, most part spent
At home.-Milton.

to requite; to reward one for his trouble;-r. n. to think maturely; not to judge hastily or rashly; to deliberate; to work in the mind; to doubt; to hesitate.

CONSIDERABLE, kon-sid'ur-a-bl, a. (French and Spanish.) Worthy of consideration; worthy of regard and attention; respectable; above neglect; deserving notice; important; valuable; more than a little. ImCONSIDERABLENESS, kon-sid ́ur-a-bl-nes, 8. portance; dignity; of moment, or having a claim to notice; value. CONSIDERABLY, kon-sid'ur-a-ble, ad. In a degree deserving notice, though not the highest; with importance; importantly.

CONSIDERANCE, kon-sid'ur-ans, s. Consideration; reflection; sober thought.-Obsolete. CONSIDERATE, kon-sid'ur-ate, a. (consideratus, Lat.) Serious; given to consideration; prudent; not rash; not negligent; calm; quiet; undisturbed; moderate; not rigorous; having respect to; regardful.-Seldom used in the last two senses. Though they will do nothing for virtue, yet they may be presumed more considerate of praise.-Decay of Piety. CONSIDERATELY, kou-sid'ur-ate-le, ad. Calmly; coolly; prudently.

Pru

CONSIDERATENESS, kon-sid ́ur-ate-nes, s. dence; calm deliberation. CONSIDERATION, kon-sid-ur-a'shun, s. (consideratio, Lat.) The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice; mature thought; prudence; serious deliberation; contemplation; meditation upon anything; importance; claim to notice; worthy of regard; equivalent; compensation; motive of action; influence; ground of conduct; reason; ground for coming to a determination. In Law, the material cause or ground of a contract, without which the party contracting would

not be bound.

CONSIDERATIVE, kon-sid'ur-ay-tiv, a. Taking into consideration.

CONSIDERATOR, kon-sid ́ur-ay-tur,) s. CONSIDERER, kon-sid'ur-ur, consideration.

One who is given to CONSIDERING, kon-sid'ur-ing, s. Hesitation; doubt; the act of deliberating.

CONSIDERINGLY, kon-sidʼur-ing-le, ad. In a se-
rious or considerate manner.
CONSIGN, kon-sine', v. a. (consigno, Lat.) To give
to another anything with the right to it; to give
into other hands; to transfer; to appropriate; to
commit; to intrust;-v. n. to sign; to consent
to; to submit to the same terms with another.-
Obsolete as a neuter verb.

Thou hast finished joy and moan;
All lovers young, all lovers must

Consign to thee, and come to dust.-Shaks. CONSIGNATORY.-See Consignee. CONSIGNATION, kon-sig-na'shun, s. (French.) The act of consigning; the act by which anything is delivered up to another.

CONSIGNATURE-CONSOLABLE.

CONSIGNATURE, kon-sig'na-ture, s. Full signature; joint signing or stamping.

CONSIGNEE, kon-se-ne', s. The person to whom goods are addressed or delivered upon stipulated conditions; a factor.

CONSIGNER, kon-siʼnur, s. The person who conCONSIGNOR, signs or transmits goods to another, to be at his disposal under conditions expressed or implied. CONSIGNIFICATION, kon-sig-ne-fe-ka'shun, s. Similar signification.

CONSIGNIFICATIVE, kon-sig-nif'e-kay-tiv, a. Sy

CONSIGNMENT, kon-sine'ment, s. The act of consigning; the sending or delivering over goods, money, or other property to another person; the goods or other property consigned; the writing by which anything is consigned.

CONSIMILAR, kon - sim'e-lar, a. (from consimilis, very like, Lat.) Having one common resemblance. CONSIMILITUDE, kon-se-mil'e-tude, s. Likeness; concurrence; agreement together. CONSIMILITY.-See Consimilitude. CONSIST, kon-sist', v. n. (consisto, Lat.) To subsist; to continue fixed; without dissipation; to be comprised; to be contained; to be composed; to have being concurrently; to coexist; to agree; Det to oppose or contradict; not to counteract. CONSISTENCE, kon-sis'tens, 8. State with reCONSISTENCY, kon-sis'ten-se, spect to material existence; degree of density or rarity; substance; form; make; durable or lasting state; agreement with itself, or with any other thing; congruity; uniformity; a state of rest in which things capable of growth or decrease continue for some time at a stand.

CONSISTENT, kon-sis'tent, a. (consistens, Lat.) Not contradictory; not opposed; firm; not fluid; keeping together or in agreement; compatible;

congruous.

Relating to a

Relating to

CONSISTENTLY, kon-sis'tent-le, ad. Without contradiction; agreeably. CONSISTORIAL, kon-sis-to're-al, a. cansistory or ecclesiastical court. CONSISTORIAN, kon-sis-to're-an, a. an order of presbyterian assemblies. CONSISTORY, kon-sis'to-re, s. (consistorium, a countil-house or council of the Roman emperors, Lat.) An ecclesiastical council or court; the judicial art constituted by the college of cardinals at Rome; the name also given to the representative body of the Reformed Church in France; a title land, stebly onginated by John Calvin, In England, the chancellor of every archbishop or bishop is the judge of the consistory court, and a Commissary is appointed to act in places remote from the consistory; a place of residence.-Obsolete in the last sense;-a. relating to a consistory or ecclesiastical court.

CONSOCIATE, kon-so'she-ate, s. (from consocio, I associate, Lat.) An accomplice; a confederate; a partner-v. a. to unite; to join; to associate; to cement; to hold together;-v. n. to coalesce;

to unite.

CONSOCIATION, kon-so-she-a ́shun, s. Alliance; union; intimacy; companionship. CONSOCIATIONAL, kon-so-she-a'shun-al, a. Relating to a consociation. CONSOLABLE, kon-sola-bl, ɑ. oled or admit of comfort.

That may be con

CONSOLATE-CONSOPIATION.

CONSOLATE, kon'so-late, v. a. To comfort.-Ob-
solete.
I will be gone,

That pitiful rumour may report my flight,
To consolate thine ear.-Shaks.

CONSOLATION, kon-so-la'shun, s. (French, from consolatio, Lat.) Comfort; alleviation of misery; alleviation produced by partial remedies; that which mitigates suffering; the cause of comfort. CONSOLATOR, kon'so-lay-tur, s. A comforter. CONSOLATORY, kon-sol'a-tur-e, a. Tending to give comfort;-s. a speech or writing containing topics of comfort.

Consolatories writ, With studied argument and much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought.-Milton. CONSOLE, kon-sole', v. a. (consolor, Lat.) To comfort; to cheer the mind in distress; to free from a sense of misery;-s. see Ancones. CONSOLER, kon-so'lur, s. One who imparts comfort

to others.

CONSOLIDANT, kon-sol'e-dant, a. (French.) Having the quality of uniting wounds;-s. a medicine that heals or unites wounds or fractures.

CONSOLIDATE, kon-sol ́e-date, v. a. (consolider, Fr.) To form into a compact and solid body; to harden; to unite into a solid mass; to combine or unite two parliamentary bills into one; to unite the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound; to unite two benefices into one;-v. n. to grow firm, hard, or solid;-a. formed into a compact body; fixed; settled.

CONSOLIDATED FUND, kon-sol'e-day-ted fund, s. A name given to a fund formed from certain portions of the joint revenue of Great Britain and Ireland, appropriated to the payment of the national debt, civil list, and other specified expenses of both kingdoms.

CONSOLIDATION, kon-sol-e-da'shun, s. The act of uniting disjointed parts, and forming them into a compact mass or system; the act of confirming a thing; the annexing of one bill in parliament to another; the uniting of two benefices into one by assent of the ordinary, patron, and incumbent. In Surgery, the act of uniting broken bones or a wound by the requisite applications. CONSOLIDATIVE, kon-sol ́e-day-tiv, a. Having the quality of healing or rendering compact. CONSOLS, kon'suls, s. A term used to denote the portion of the national debt of the United Kingdom, forming the three per cent. consolidated an

nuities.

CONSONANCE, kon'so-nans, 8. (consonans, soundCONSONANCY, kon'so-nan-se, ing together, Lat.) Accord or agreement of sound; consistency; congruence; agreeableness; concord. CONSONANT, kon'so-nant, s. (consonans, Lat.) A letter which cannot be sounded but by the aid of a vowel ;-a. agreeable; consistent; according to; sounding together.

CONSONANTLY, kon'so-nant-le, ad. Consistently; agreeably.

CONSONANTNESS, konʼso-nant-nes, s. Agreeableness; consistency.

CONSONOUS, kon'so-nus, a. Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

CONSOPIATE, kon-so'pe-ate, v. a. (consopio, Lat.)
To lull asleep.-Obsolete.
CONSOFIATION, kon-so-pe-a'shun, s. The act of
lulling asleep.-Obsolete.