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559-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;--mè, mêt ;-pine, pin,-
it; but in common and unpremeditated speak-!|
ing, I am convinced it falls into the general
analogy, and is sunk as much as in Reason, Sea-
son, prison, &c. 103, 170.-See To COLLECT.
To COMPART, kom-pirt'. v. a. To divide.
COMPARTIMENT, kôm-pårt'è-mềnt. s. A di-
vision of a picture, or design.
COMPARTITION, kôm-par-tish'ân. s. The act
of comparting or dividing; the parts marked
out or separated, a separate part.
COMPARTMENT, kom-part mént. s. Division.
To COMPASS, kom'pås. v. a. 165. To encir-
cle, to environ, to surround; to obtain, to pro-
cure, to attain; to take measures preparatory to||
any thing, as to compass the death of the king.
COMPASS, kun pås. s. 83, 165. Circle,
round; space, room, limits; enclosure, circum-
ference; a departure from the right line, an in-
direct advance; moderate space, moderation,|
due limits; the power of the voice to express
the notes of musick; the instruments with
which circles are drawn; the instrument com-
posed of a needle and card, whereby mariners

To recompense, to counterbalance, to counter-
vail.
COMPENSATION, kôm-pên-så'shån. s. Re
compense, something equivalent.
COMPENSATIVE, kom-pên'så-tiva.
which compensates.

To COMPENSE, kôm-ponse'. v. a. To
pensate, to counterbalance, to recompet
COMPETENCE, kôm'pe-tènse.
|COMPETENCY, hôm về tổn-se.

steer

COMPASSION, kim pashản. s. Pity, com-
miseration, painful sympathy.

To COMPASSION, kom-pàsh'an. v. a. To pity.
Not used.

COMPASSIONATE, kom-påsh'ân-åte. a. 91.
Inclined to pity, merciful, tender.

To COMPASSIONATE, kôm-pash'an-åte. v. a.
91. To pity, to commiserate.
COMPASSIONATELY, kom-påsh'ân-âte-lè. ad.
Mercifully, tenderly.

COMPATERNITY, kôm-på-tẻr'nè-tè. s. The
state of being a godfather.
COMPATIBILITY, kôm-pât-è-bîl'è-tè. s. Con-
sistency, the power of co-existing with some-
thing else.

COMPATIBLE, kóm-pât'è-bl. a. Suitable to,
fit for, cousistent with; consistent, agreeable.

Mr. Nares observes that this word ought to
be written Competible, because it comes from the
Latin competo.

COMPATIBLENESS, kôm-pât'è-bl-nês. s. Con-
sistency.

COMPATIBLY, kom-pât'è-blè. ad. Fitly, suit-
ably.

COMPATIENT, kôm-på'shẻnt. a. Suffering to-
gether.

COMPATRIOT, kôm-på'trẻ-åt. s.

of the same country.

168. One

COMPEER, köm-pèèr'. s. Equal, companion,||
colleague.

To COMPEER, kôm-pèèr'. v. a. To be equal
with, to mate. Not used.

To COMPEL, kôm-pel. v. a. To force to some
act, to oblige, to constrain; to take by force
or violence-See To COLLECT.
COMPELLABLE, kom-pel là-bl. a. That may
be forced.

The

COMPELLATION, kom-pêl-la'shun. s.
style of address, as Sir, Madam, &c.
COMPELLER, kôm-pél lår. s. Ile that forces
another.

COMPEND, kôm'pênd. s. Abridgment, sum-
mary, epitome.

COMPENDIARIOUS, kôm-pên-jè-à ́tè-ås. a.
294. Short, contracted.

That

Such a quantity of any thing as is sufficient; fortune equal to the necessities of life; the power or capacity of a judge or court. COMPETENT, kôm ́pè-tềut. a. Suitable, fit, adequate, proportionate; without defect or superffaity; reasonable, moderate; qualified, fit;

consistent with.

COMPETENTLY, kôm'pè-tènt-lè. ad. Reason
ably, moderately; adequately, properly.
COMPETIBLE, kom-pêt'e-bl. a.
Suitable to,
consistent with.
COMPETIBLENESS, kôm-pêt'è-bl-nês. s Suit-
ableness, fitness.
COMPETITION, kôm-pè-tish ́ån. s. Rivalry,
contest; claim of more than one to one thing.
COMPETITOR, kôm-pet'e-tår. 8. A rival; an

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To COMPILE, kôm-pile'. v. a. To draw up from
various authors; to write, to compose.
COMPILEMENT, kom-pile'ment. s. The act
of heaping up.

COMPILER, kom-pllår. s. A collector, one
who frames a composition from various authors.
COMPLACENCE, kom-pla'sense.
COMPLACENCY, kom-plá sên-sè.
Pleasure, satisfaction, gratification; civility,
complaisance.

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COMPLACENT, kôm-plà'sent. a. Civil, affa-
ble, mild.

To COMPLAIN, kôm-plåne'. v. n. To mention
with sorrow, to lament; to inform against.
COMPLAINANT, kôm-plà'uånt. s. One who
urges suit against another.
COMPLAINER, kom-plå når. s. One who com-
plains, a lamenter.

COMPLAINT, kôm-plant'. s. Representation
of pains or injuries; the cause or subject of
complaint, a malady, a disease; remonstrance

agamst.

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To level, to reduce to a flat surface. COMPLEMENT, kôm'piè-mnent. s. Perfection, fulness, completion; complete set, complete provision, the full quantity.

COMPLETE, kom-plète'. a. Perfect, full, wi out any defects; finished, ended, concluded. See To COLLECT.

COMPENDIOSITY, kôm-pên jè-ôs'è-tè. s. 294.|| To COMPLETE, kôm-plète'. v. a. To perfec

Shortness.

a. Short,

COMPENDIOUS, kôm-pên ́jè-ůs.
summary, abridged, comprehensive.
COMPENDIOUSLY, kom-penje-as-lè. ad. 291.
Shortly, summarily.
COMPENDIOUSNESS, kôm-pên'jè-ås-nès. s.
294. Shortness, brevity.
COMPENDIUM, kôm-pèn'jè-ům. s. Abridg-

inent, summary, breviate.
COMPENSABLE, kôm-pén'sâ-bl. a. That which
may be recompensed.

To COMPENSATE, kôm-pên'såte. v. a. 91.

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-nó, move, nôr, nôt;-tåbe, tảb, bảil ;—¿îl ;-pând ;-thin, THIS.

COMPLEXEDNESS, kôm-plēk ́sëd-nês. s. 365.|| COMPORTABLE, kom-pèr'tå-bl. a. Consistent. Complication, involution of many particular COMPORTANCE, kôm-pòr'tânse. S. Behanarts in one integral.

viour.

COMPLEXION, kôm-plêk'shån. s. Involution COMPORTMENT, kôm-pòrt'mẻnt

of one thing in another; the colour of the external parts of any body; the temperature of the body.

COMPLEXIONAL, kôm-plêk'shån-ål. a. Depending on the complexion or temperament of

the body.

COMPLEXIONALLY, kôm-plêk'shůn-âl-lè. ad.
By complexion.

COMPLEXITY, kôm-plêks'è-tè. s State of be-
ing complex. Mem.

COMPLEXLY, k^m-plèks lè. ad, In a complex manuer, not simply.

COMPLEXNESS, kôm‐plēks 'nès. s. The state of being complex.

COMPLEXURE, kôm-plek'shåre. s. 452. The involution of one thing with others.

viour.

S. Beba

To COMPOSE, kôm-póze'. v. a. To form a
mass by joining different things together; to
place any thing in its proper form and me
thod; to dispose, to put in the proper state,
to put together a discourse or sentence; to
constitute by being parts of a whole; to calm,
to quiet; to adjust the mind to any business;
to adjust, to settle, as to compose a difference:
with printers, to arrange the letters: in musick,
to forin a tune from the different musical notes
-Se To COLLECT.
Calm,

COMPOSED, kôm-pòzd'. particip. a.
serions, even, sober.

COMPOSEDLY, kôm-pò'zêd-lè. ad. 364. Calm-
lv, seriously.

COMPOSEDNESS, kôm-po'zêd-nès. s 365. Sedateness, calmness.

The in the composition of x in this word, agreeably to analogy, goes into the sharp aspitations, as it is preceded by the sharp conso-COMPOSER, kôm-pò'zůr. s. An author, a wrinant ; in the same manner as the s in pleasure goes into the flat aspiration zh, as it is preceded by a vowel. 479.

COMPLIANCE, kôm-planse. s. The act of yielding, accord, submission; a disposition to vield to others.

COMPLIANT, kôm-pll'ânt. a. Yielding, bending: civil, complaisant.

To COMPLICATE, kôm'plè-kåte. v. a. To entangle one with another, to join; to unite by involution of parts; to form by complication of parts; to form by complication, to form by the non of several parts into one integral. COMPLICATE, KAm'ple-káte. a. 91. Compounded of a multiplicity of parts. COMPLICATENESS, kôm'ple-kate-nês. s. The state of being complicated, intricacy. COMPLICATION, kôm-plè-ka'shan. s. The act nvolving one thing in another; the integral ronesting of many things involved. COMPLICE, kom'plis. s. One who is united with others in an ill design, a confederate.

This word is only in use among the lowest vulgar as a contraction of Accomplice. COMPLIER, kom-plior. s. A man of an easy

temper.

COMPLIMENT, kôm'plẻ-månt. s. An act or expression of civility, usually understood to mean less than it declares.

Ex

To COMPLIMENT, kôm'plè-mênt. v. a. To
sooth with expressions of respect, to flatter.
COMPLIMENTAL, kôm-plè-mên tấl. a.
persive of respect or civility.
COMPLIMENTALLY, kôm-plè-m2n'tål-lè. ad.
In the nature of a compliment, civility.
COMPLIMENTER, kôm'ple-men-tür. s. One
gent emapliments, a flatterer.

To COMPLORE, kôm-plore'. v. n. To make
lamentation together.
COMPLOT, kom plot. s. A confederacy in some
secret crime, a plot.

I have in this word followed Mr. Sheridan's accentuation, as more agreeable to analogy than Dr. Johnson's, and have differed from thin the noun compor, for the same reason.

1 COMPLOT, kôm-plôt'. v. a. To form a plot,

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ter; he that adapts the musick to words. COMPOSITE, kom-pozît. a. 140. The Composite order in architecture is the last of the five orders, so named because its capital is composed out of those of the other orders; it is also called the Roman and Italick order. COMPOSITION, kom-po-zish'an. s. The act of forming an integral of various dissimilar parts; the act of bringing simple ideas into complication, opposed to analysis; a mass formed by mingling different ingredients; the state of being compounded, union, conjunction; the arrangement of various figures in a picture; written work; the act of discharging a debt by paying part; consistency, congruity; in grammar, the joining words together; a certain me thod of demonstration in mathematicks, which is the reverse of the analytical method, or of resolution.

COMPOSITIVE, kôm-pôz'è-tiv. a. Compound. ed, or having the power of compounding. COMPOSITOR, kôm-pôz'è-tår. s. He that ranges and adjusts the types in printing. COMPOST, kôm'post. s. Manure. COMPOSTURE, kôm-pôs'tshåre. s. 461. Soil, manure. Not used.

COMPOSURE, kôm-pó'zhůre. s. 452. The act of composing or indicting; arrangement, combination, order; the form arising from the disposition of the various parts; frame, make, reIntive adjustment; composition, framed dis course; sedateness, calmness, tranquillity; agreement, composition, settlement of differ COMPOTATION, kôm-pó-tà'shån. s. The act

ences.

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COMPOTOR, kôm-po'tår. s. One that drinks with another.

I have not found either of these words o any of our Dictionaries, and have ventured to place them here only as conversation words; the former as the more usual, the latter as more correct. They are neater expressions than any in our language, and convey a much less offensive idea, than a pot companion, a good fellor, &c. &c.

To COMPOUND, kôm-påånd'. v. a. To mingle
many ingredients together; to form one word
from one, two, or more words; to adjust a dif-
ference, by recession from the rigour of claims;
to discharge a debt, by paying only part.
To COMPOUND, kôm-pound. v. n. To come to
terms of agreement, by abating something; to
bargain in the lump.

COMPOUND, kôm'pôård n. 492. Formed out
of many agredients, not single; composed of
two or more words.

559-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin;

COMPOUND, kôm'pôånd. s. 492. The mass
formed by the union of many ingredients.
COMPOUNDABLE, kôm-pôdn'dâ-bl. a. Capa-
ble of being compounded.
COMPOUNDER, kôm-pôûn'dür. s. One who
endeavours to bring parties to terms of agree-
ment; a mingler, one who mixes bodies.
To COMPREHEND, kôm-prè-hënd'. v. a. To
comprise, to include; to contain in the mind,
to conceive.
COMPREHENSIBLE, kôm-prè-hên ́sè-bl. a. lu-||
telligible, conceivable.

COMPREHENSIBLY, kom-pré-hen'sè-blè. ad.]]
With great power of signification or under-
standing.

COMPREHENSION, kôm-pré-hẻn'shan. s. The act or quality of comprising or containing, inclusion; summary, epitome, compendium: knowledge, capacity, power of the mind to admit ideas.

COMPREHENSIVE, kôm-prẻ-hen'siv'. a. Hav-
ing the power to comprehend or understand;
having the quality of comprising much.
COMPREHENSIVELY, kôm-prè-hên'sîv-lè. ad.
In a comprehensive manner.
COMPREHENSIVENESS, kom-prè-hẻn'sỉv-nës.
3. The quality of including much in a few
words or narrow compass.

To COMPRESS, kôm près'. v. a. To force into
a narrow compass; to embrace.
COMPRESS, kom'près. s. 492. Bolsters of linen

rags.

COMPRESSIBILITY, kôm-près-sd-bîl'lè-tè. s.
The quality of admitting to be brought by force
into a narrower compass.
COMPRESSIBLE, kom-près'sè-bl. a. Yielding
to pressure, so as that one part is brought nearer
to another.

COMPRESSIBLENESS, kôm-presse-blues. s.
Capability of being pressed close.
COMPRESSION, köm-prẻsh'un. s. The act of
bringing the parts of any body more near to
each other by violence.

COMPRESSURE, kôm-prèsh'shire, s. 452. The act or force of one body pressing against another.

To COMPRINT, kôm-print'. v. a. To print together; to print another's copy, to the prejudice of the rightful proprietor.

To COMPRISE, kôm-prize'. v. a. To contain, to include.

COMPROBATION, kôm-pró-bå'shan. s. Proof,

attestation.

COMPROMISE, kôm'pro-mize. s. A mutual
promise of parties at difference to refer their
controversies to arbitrators; an adjustment of
a difference of parties by mutual concessions.
To COMPROMISE, kôm'pro-mize. v. a. To ad-
just a compact by mutual concessions, to ac-
cord, to agree.
COMPROMISSORIAL, kôm-pró-mis-sò'rè-âl. a.
Relating to compromise.

COMPROVINCIAL, kôm-pró-vin'shål. s. Be-
longing to the same province.

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COMPURGATION, kôm-pår-ga'shan. s. The practice of justifying any man's veracity by the testimony of another.

COMPURGATOR, kôm-pår-gå'tår. s. One who bears his testimony to the credibility of another. COMPUTABLE, köm-pu'tå-bl. a. Capable of being numbered.

COMPUTATION, kôm-på-tà'shân. s. The act of
reckoning, calculation; the sum collected or
settled by calculation.

To COMPUTE, kôm-pàte'. v. a. To reckon, to
calculate, to count.
COMPUTER, kôm-pu'tår. s.

countant.

Reckoner, ac

Calculator, one

COMPUTIST, kôm'pà-tist. s.
skilled in computation.
COMRADE, kôm'råde. s. 165. One who dwells
in the same house or chamber; a companion, a
partner.

CÔN, hôn. A Latin inseparable preposition,
which, at the beginning of words, signifies
union, as concourse, a running together.

CON, kôn. ad. An abbreviation of contra. On the opposite side, against another, as to dispute pro and con.

Tả CON, hỗn. v. a. To know; to study; to fix in the memory.

To CONCAMERATE, kôn-kâm'è-råte. v. a. 91,
408. To arch over, to vault.

To CONCATENATÉ, kôn-kát'è-nåte. v. a. 91.
To link together.

CONCATENATION, kôn-kât-e-nå'shån. s. A
series of links.

CONCAVATION, kông-hả-và shân. s. The act of making concave.

As the secondary accent is on the first syllable of this word, and the n comes before hard c, it has the ringing sound as much as if the principal accent were upon it. 403, 409, 432. CONCAVE, kông kave. a. 403, 409, 432. Hollow, opposed to convex.

CONCAVENESS, kòng kåve-nês. 8. Hollow

ness.

CONCAVITY, kôn-kâv ́è-tè. s. Internal surface of a hollow spherical or spheroidical body. COMPT, köùnt. s. 407. Account, computation, CONCAVO-CONCAVE, kon-ka'vo-kong kave. a. 408. Concave or hollow on both sides. To COMPT, kount. v. a. To compute, to num-CONCAVO-CONVEX, kôn-ká vỏ-kôn'vēks. a. ber. We now use To count.

reckoning. Not used.

406. To con

COMPTIBLE, kôùn'tè-bl. a. Accountable, ready
to give account. Obsolete.
To COMPTROLL, kôn-tròi. v. a.
trol, to over-rule, to oppose.
COMPTROLLER, kou-trò lur. s.
pervisor.

Director, su

Concave one way, and convex the other. CONCAVOUS, kón-ka vôs. a. Concave. CONCAVOUSLY, kòn-kav@s-lè, ad. With hol

lowness.

To CONCEAL, kôn-sèle'. v. a. To hide, to keep
secret, not to divulge.
CONCEALABLE, kün-se'lå-bl. a. Capable of
being concealed.

CONCEALEDNESS, kôn-sèlẻd-nes.s. Priv

COMPTROLLERSHIP, kôn-trålår-ship. s. Su-
perintendence.
COMPULSATIVELY, kôm-pal'sâ-tiv-lè ad. By ty, obscurity.

constraint.

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CONCEALER, kôn-sè'lur. s. He that conceals
any thing.
CONCEALMENT, kôn-sèle'ment. s. The act
of hiding, secrecy; the state of being hid, pri-
vacy; hiding place, retreat.

-nó, måve, når, nôt ;-tåbe, tåb, bûll ;—õi! ;-pôånd ;-thin, THIS

To CONCEDE, kôn-sède'. v. a. To admit, to || CONCESSION, kôn-ses'shun. s. The act of yield. grant.

CONCEIT, kön-sete'. s. Conception, thought, idea; understanding, readiness of apprehenson; fancy, fantastical notion; a fond opinion of one's self; a pleasant fancy; Out of concert with, no longer fond of. T. CONCEIT, kin-sete.

believe.

v. a. To imagine, to

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CÓ CEITEDNESS, kôn-sể tẻd-nes.s. Pride, fondness of himse!f.

CONCEITLESS, kōn-sète ́lês. a. Stupid, without thought.

CONCEIVABLE, kôn-sè'vå-bl. a.

That may

be imagined or thought; that may be understood or believed.

CONCEIVABLENESS, kôn-sè'vå-bl-nês. s. The quality of being conceivable. CONCEIVABLY, kon-sè'vå-blè. ad. In a conceivable manner.

To CONCEIVE, kön-seve'. v. a. To admit into the womb; to form in the mind; to comprebend, to understand; to think, to be of opinion. To CONCEIVE, kôn-seve'. v. n. To think, to have an idea of; to become pregnant. CONCEIVER, kon-se vår. s. One that understands or apprehends. CONCENT, kon-sent'.

harmony; consistency.

S.

Concert of voices,

To CONCENTRATE, kon-sên'tråte. v. a. 91. To drive into a narrow compass; to drive to

wards the centre.

CONCENTRATION, kôn-sên-trả shân. 8. Collection into a narrower space round the centre.

To CONCENTRE, kôn sẻntdr. v.. 416. Το

ten to one common centre.

ing; a grant, the thing yielded. CONCESSIONARY, kon-sês 'shan-år-è. a. Given by indulgence.

CONCESSIVE, kon-sés'siv. a. Yielded by way of concession. Ask.

CONCESSIVELY, kôn-sês'siv-lè. ad. By way of concession.

CONCH, kongk. s. 408. A shell, a sea shell. CONCHOID, kông koid. s. The name of a curve, the property of which is to approach perpetually nearer to a line, without ever being able to touch it.

To CONCILIATE, kôn-sil'yåte. v. a. 91, 113. To gain over, to reconcile.

CONCILIATION, kön-sil-é-à'shån. s. The act of gaining or reconciling.

CONCILIATOR, ku-sil-ề-atar. s. One that makes peace between others. CONCILIATORY, kôn-sil ́è-å-tår-è. a. Relating to reconciliation.-See DOMESTICK.

Mr. Sheridan places the accent upon the a in this word, but all our other orthõepists place it more properly upon the second syllable. 512. CONCINNITY, kön-sin'nè-tè. s. Decency, fitness. CONCINNOUS, kôn-sin'nås. a. Becoming, pleasant.

CONCISE, kôn-sise', a. Brief, short. CONCISELY, kon-sise'lè. ad. Briefly, shortly. CONCISENESS, kôn-sise'nës. s. Brevity, short

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To CONCENTRE, kôn-sên ́tår. v. a. To tend To CONCLUDE, kön-klùde', v. a. To collect towards one centre.

CONCENTRICAL, kôn-sẽn'trè-kúl.

CONCENTRICK, kòn sền urik.

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Having one common centre. CONCEPTACLE, kôn-sèp'tá-kl. s. 405. That in which any thing is contained, a vessel. CONCEPTIBLE, kôn-sêp'tè-bl. a. Intelligible, capable to be understood.

CONCEPTION, kòn-sepshân. s The act of conceiving, or quickening with pregnancy; the state of being conceived; notion, idea; sentiments, purpose; apprehension, knowledge; fuscrit, sentiment, pointed thought. CONCEPTIOUS, kôn-sép'shds. a. Apt to conceive, pregnant.

CONCEPTIVE, kôn sẻptv.

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a. Capable to To CONCERN, kôn-sèrn'. v. a. To relate to to belong to; to affect with some passion; to interest, to engage by interest; to disturb, to make uneasy.

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CONCERN, kôn-sễrn'. 8. Business, affair; interest, engagement, importance, moment; pas-CONCOAGULATION, kông-ko-âg-gå-là'shún. s.

* af enon, regard.

CONCERNING, kon-ser'ning. prep. Relating

t», with relation to. CONCERNMENT, kôn-sẻrn'mônt. s. The thing m what we are concerned or interested, busiBess, interest; intercourse, importance; interpo tun, meddling; passion, emotion of mind. L(UNCERT, kiền'. vía. To settle any thing in private, by mutual communication; to settle, to contrive, to adjust. CONCERT, Lôn'sert. s. Communication of desens; a symphony, many performers playang the same tune.

CONCERTATION, kôn-sẻr-tà'shůn. s. Strife,

contention

CONCERTATIVE, kön-sêr'tâ-tiv. a. Conten

A coagulation by which different bodies are joined in one mass.

Of one colour

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To CONCOCT, kôn-kôkt'. v. a. To digest by the stomach; to purify by heat. CONCOCTION, kôn-kok'shôn. s. Digestion in the stomach, maturation by heat. CONCOLOUR, kôn-kål'lår. a. CONCOMITANCE, cồn-kôme-tanse. CONCOMITANCY, kôn-kôm'è-tan-së. Subsistence together with another thing. CONCOMITANT, kôn-kôm ́é-tánt. a. Conjoined with, concurrent with. |CONCOMITANT, kôn-kômè-that. s. Compan ion, person or thing collaterally connected. CONCOMITANTLY, kôn-kim-tant-lề, ad. In company with others.

T. CỦNCOMITATE, kôn kim ề-tate. va To Le connected with any thing.

559.-Fate, far, fåll, fât;-mẻ, mět ;-pine, pin ;-CONCORD, kong kord. s. 408. Agreement be- CONCURRENT, kôn-kår'rẻnt. a. tween persons and things, peace, union, harmo- conjunction, concomitant in agency. ny, concent of sounds; principal grammatical | CONCURRENT, kôn-kår'rẻnt. s. relation of one word to another.

CONCORDANCE, hôn kör dẫnse. s. 496. Agree-|| ment; a book which shows in how many texts of scripture any word occurs.

Johnson, Sheridan, Ash, Scott, Nares, Perry, Bailey, Entick, W. Johnston, Buchanan, and Kenrick, all concur in placing the accent on the second syllable of this word in both its senses; and every plea of distinction is trifling against all these authorities, and the discordance of the accent on the first syllable.-See To BOWL.

concurs.

Acting in That which

8. The act of

CONCUSSION, kớn kdshủn.
shaking, tremefaction.
CONCUSSIVE, kôn-kus'siv. a. Having the pow-
er or quality of shaking.
To CONDEMN, kôn-dểm'. v. a.
To find guilty,
to doom to punishment; to censure to blame.
CONDEMNABLE, kôn-dém'nå-bl. a. Blamea-
ble, culpable.

CONDEMNATION, kôn-dẻm-ná'shản. s. The
sentence by which any one is doomed to pun-
ishment.

CONCORDANT, kôn-kör'dånt. a. Agreeable, CONDEMNATORY, kôn-d3m'nå-tår-è. a. Passagreeing.

CONCORDATE, kôn-kordate. s. 91. A compact, a convention.

CÔNCORPORAL, kn-kðrpo-rát. a. Of the

same body.

To CONCORPORATE, kôn-kôr'pó-råte. v. a. 91.
To unite in one mass or substance.

CONCORPORATION, kôn-kỏr-pè-rashân. s.

Union in one mass.

CONCOURSE, kingkorse. s. 403. The confluence of many persons or things; the persons assembled; the point of junction or intersec tion of two bodies.

The

CONCREMATION, kông-krè-mashun. s.
act of burning together.
CONCREMENT, hồng’krẻ-ment.s. 408. Th
mass formed concretion.

CONCRESCENCE ^n-krès'sense. s. The act
or quality of growing by e alion of separate
particles.

To CONCRETE, kôn-krète'. v. n. To coalesce
into one mass.

To CONCRETE, kôn-krète'. v. a. To form by
concretion.
CONCRETE, kon-krète'. a. 408. Formed by
concretion; in logick, not abstract, applied
to a subiect.-See DISCRETE.
CONCRETE, kông'krète. s. 408. A mass form-
ed by concretion.

CONCRETELY, kôn-krète'lè. ad. In a manner
including the subject with the predicate.
CONCRETENESS, kón-krète'nes. s. Coagula-
tion, collection of fluids into a solid mass.
CONCRETION, kôn-krè'shản. s. The act of
concreting, coalition; the mass formed by a
coalition of separate particles.
CONCRETIVE, kôn-krè'tiv. a. Coagulative.
CONCRETURE, kôn-krè'tshåre. s. 461. A mass
formed by coagulation.

CONCUBINAGË, kôn-kå'bè-nåje. s. 91. The
act of living with a woman not married.
CONCUBINE, kong'ku-bine. s. 408. A woman
kept in fornication, a whore.

Anciently this word signified a woman who
was married, but who had no legal claim to
any part of the husband's property.
To CONCULCATE, kôn-kål kåte. v. a. To tread
or trample under foot.
CONCULCATION, kông-hải-khshản. 8. 408.
Trampling with the feet.

CONCUPISCENCE, kôn-kú'pè-sense. s. 510
Irregular desire, libidinous wish.
CONCUPISCENT, kôn-kú'pè-sent. a. Libidinous,
lecherous.

CONCUPISCENTIAL, k3n-hd-pè-sên’shal.
Relating to concupiscence.

a.

CONCUPISCIBLE, kôn-kù'pè-sè-bl. a. Impressing desire.

To CONCUR, kôn-kår'. v. n. 408. To meet in one point; to agree, to join in one action; to be united with, to be conjoined; to contribute

to one common event. CONCURRENCE, kôn-kdr′rênse.

CONCURRENCY, hôn-kurrền-s. ) s. Union.

association, conjunction; combination of mamy agents or circumstances assistance, help; jotut right con non cluin.

ing a sentence of condemnation.-See DOMESTICK. 512.

CONDEMNER, kn-dẻm nhr. s. 411. A blame

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make thicker.

To CONDENSATE, kon-dén'såte. V. D. To
grow thick.

CONDENSATE, kôn-dên'såte. a. 91. Made
thick, compressed into less
space.
CONDENSATION, kôn-den-sa'shun. s. The act
of thickening any body; opposite to rarefac-
tion.
To CONDENSE, kôn-dênse'. v. a. To make any
body more thick, close, and weighty.
To CONDENSE, kôn-dense'. v. n. To grow close
and weighty.

CONDENSE, kön-dẻnse. a. Thick, dense.
CONDENSER, kôn-dên'sår. s. A vessel, wherein
to crowd the air.

CONDENSITY, kôn-dên'sè-tè. s. The state of being condensed.

To CONDESCEND, kôn-de-send'. v. n. To depart from the privileges of superiority; to consent to do more than mere justice can require; to stoop, to bend, to yield.

CONDESCENDENCE, kôn-dè sẻn dềnse. s.

Voluntary submission.

CONDESCENDINGLY, kôn-dê-sềnding-lê. ad. By way of voluntary humiliation; by way of kind concession.

CONDESCENSION, kôn-dè-sèn’shon. s. Voluntary humiliation, descent from superiority. See To COLLECT.

CONDESCENSIVE, kôn-dè-sèn'siv. a. Court

eons.

CONDIGN, kön-dne. a. 385. Suitable, deserved, merited.

CONDIGNNESS, kôn-dine'nês. 8. Suitableness, agreeableness to deserts.

CONDIGNLY, kôn-dine lè. ad. Deservedly, ac-
cording to merit.

CONDIMENT, kôn'de-ment. s. Seasoning, sauce.
CONDISCIPLE, kon-dis-si'pl. s. A schoolfellow
To CONDITE, kôn-dite'. v. a. To pickle, to pre
serve by salts.

CONDITION, kôn-dish'an. s. Quality, that by
which any thing is denominated good or bad;
natural quality of the mind, temper, tempera-
ment; state, circumstances; rank; stipulation,
terms of compact.

CONDITIONAL, kôn-dish'ân-ål. a. By way of
stipulation, not absolute.

CONDITIONALITY, kon-dish-è-ó-nål'è-tè.
Limitation by certain terms.

CONDITIONALLY, kön-dish'an-al-è. ad. With
certain limitations, on particular terms.
CONDITIONARY, kôn-dish'an-â-rè. a. Stipu-
lated.

CONDITIONATE, kôn-dish'è-o-náte. a. Estab-
lished on certain terms.
CONDITIONED, kon-dish and. a. Having quaH
ties or properties good or bad

To CONDOLE, kon-dole. v. n. To lament with

those that are in misfortune.

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