-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tåb, båll ;--ôil;-pound;-thin, THIS.

Fious to the sight, seen at distance;
eminent, distinguished.
CONSPICUOUSLY, kôn-spik'u-us-lê. ad.
Obviously to the view; eminently, re-
markably.

CONSPICUOUSNESS, kôn-spik'ù-ůs-nės. s.
Exposure to the view; eminence, celebrity.
CONSPIRACY, kon-spir'â-sé. s. (109). A
plot, a concerted treason; an agreement
of men to do any thing, in an evil sense;
tendency of many causes to one event.
CONSPIRANT, kon-spi'r. a. Engaged
in a conspiracy, plotting.
CONSPIRATION, kôn-spè-rå'shůn. s. A
plot.

CONSPIRATOR, kon-spirâ-tir. s. (110).
A man engaged in a plot, a plotter.
TO CONSPIRE, Kôn-spire'. v.n. To con-
cert a crime, to plot; to agree together, as
all things conspire to make him happy.
CONSPIRER, kon-spi'rår. s. A conspira-
tor, a plotter.

CONSTABLE, kin'stá-bl. s. (165). A
peace officer, formerly one of the officers
of the state.

CONSTABLESHIP, Kůnʼstå-bl-ship. s. The

office of a constable.

tles any thing; that which is necessary to the subsistence of any thing; he that deputes another.

To CONSTITUTE, kônʼsté-tute. v. a. To produce, to appoint; to erect, to establish; to depute.

CONSTITUTER, kôn'sté-tu-tůr. s. He that constitutes or appoints. CONSTITUTION, kôn-sté-tu'shun. s. The act of consituting, enacting, establishing; state of being, natural qualities; corporeal frame; temper of body, with respect to health; temper of mind; established form of government; system of laws and customs; particular law, establishn-ent, inCONSTITUTIONAL, kôn-stè-tů ́shůn-ål. a. stitution.

Bred in the constitution, radical; consistent with the constitution, legal. CONSTITUTIVE, kôn'sté -tu-tiv. a. Elemental, essential, productive; having the power to enact or establish. TO CONSTRAIN, kon-stråne'. v. a.

Το compel, to force to some action; to hinder by force; to necessitate; to confine, to

press.

CONSTRAINABLE, kôn-strå'nâ-bl. a. Lia»,

be to constraint.

CONSTRAINER, kôn-strå'nůr. s. He that

constrains.

CONSTRAINT, kôn-strånt'. s. Compulsion, violence, confinement.

CONSTANCY, kon'stân-sẻ. s. Unalterable
continuance; consistency, unvaried state;
resolution, steadiness; lasting affection.
CONSTANT, könstänt. a. Firm, not
fluid; unvaried, unchanged; firm, reso-To
lute; free from change of affection; cer-
tain, not various.
CONSTANTLY, kin’stắnt-lẻ. ad. Unva-
riably, perpetually, certainly, steadily.
To CONSTELLATE, kn-stelate. v. n.

To shine with one general ight.
TO CONSTELLATE, kôn-stel'låte. v. a.
To un te several shining bodies in one
splendour.

CONSTELLATION, kôn-stẻl-là′shun.s. A
cluster of fixed stars; an assemblage of
splendours, or excellencies.
CONSTERNATION, kôn-stér-nashun. s.
Astonishment, amazement, terror, dread.
To CONSTIPATE, kôn'sté-påte. v. a. To
crowd together into a narrow room; to
thicken, to condense; to stop by filling up
the passages; to make costive.
CONSTIPATION, Kôn-stè-på'shůn. s. The
act of crowding any thing into less room;
stoppage, obstruction by plenitude.
CONSTITUENT, kon-stitsh'-ent. a.(461).
Elemental, essential, that of which any
thing consists.

CONSTITUENT, Kôn-stitsh'-ént. s. The person or thing which constitutes or set

Το

CONSTRICT, kôn-strikt. v. a. bind, to cramp; to contract, to cause to shrink.

CONSTRICTION, kin-strik’shủn s. Con traction, compression.

CONSTRICTOR, kn-strik′tur. s. (166).

TO CONSTRINGE kôn-strinje'. v. a. To
That which compresses or contracts.

compress, to contact, to bind. CONSTRINGENT, kôn-strin'jènt a. Having the quality of binding or compressing. TO CONSTRUCT, kôn-stråkt'. v. a. Το build, to form.

CONSTRUCTION, kon-struk'shin. s. The act of building; the form of building, structure; the putting of words together in such a manner as to convey a complete sense; the act ofi terpreting, explanation; the sense, the meaning; the manner of CONSTRUCTIVE, kôn-struktiv.a. Tenddescribing a figure in geometry. CONSTRUCTURE, kôn-stråk'tshåre. s. ing to, or capable of construction. Ash.

(461). Pile, edifice, fabrick. To CONSTRUE, hồn’stro, or bốn’stur. v. a. To interpret, to explain. Z

(559)-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-me, mêt ;-pine, pin;

It is a scandal to seminaries of learning that the latter pronunciation of this word should prevail there. Those who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepostor for Prepositor, and Constur for Construe; for it must be carefully noted, that this last word is under a different predicament from those which end with r and mutee: here the vowel & must have its long sound, as in the word true; this letter cannot be sunk or transposed like e in Centre, Sceptre, &c.

To CoNSTUPRATE, kôn’stu-prate. v. a.

To violate, to debauch, to defile.

CONSTUPRATION, kön-stủ-prashun.s

Violation, defilement. CONSUBSTANTIAL, kôn-sub-stân'shál. a. Having the same essence or substance; being of the same kind or nature. CONSUBSTANTIALITY, kôn-sub-stân-sheál'e-tè. s. Existence of more than

one in the same substance. To CONSUBSTANTIATE, kôn-sub-stân'she-åte. v. a. To unite in one com

mon substance or nature. CONSUBSTANTIATION, kôn-sub-stân-sheà'shûn. s. The union of the body of our Blessed Saviour with the sacramental elements, according to the Lutherans. CONSUETUDE, kon'swé-tude. s. Custom, usage. Ash from Scott.

usual, as well as the most legitimate pronunciation. (492).

CONSULTATION. kôn-súl-ta'shun. s. The
act of consulting, secret deliberation;
nun ber of person's consulted together.
CONSULTER, kôn-sûl'tůr. s. (98). One
that consults or asks counsel.
CONSUMABLE, kön-sum&-bl. a. Sus-
cept ble of destruction.

TO CONSUME, Kôn-sume'.. v. a. (454).
To waste, to spend, to destroy.

The reason why the s in this word is
pure, and in Consular it takes the aspira-
tion, is, that in one the accent is on the syl-
lable beginning with this letter; and in the
other, on the preceding syllable. (450).
To CONSUME, kôn-sume'. v. n.
CONSUMER, kon-sú'můr. s.
waste away, to be exhausted.

To

One that spends, wastes, or destroys any thing. To CONSUMMATE, kôn-sum'måte. v. a. (91). To complete. to perfect. CONSUMMATE, kôn-sům'måte. a. Complete, perfect.

The propensity of our language to an antepenultimate accentuation of simple words of three syllables makes us sometimes hear the accent on the first syllable of this word; but by no correct speakers. CONSUMMATION, kon-sům-ma'shun. s. Completion, perfection, end; the end of the present system of thin; death, end of life.

ConsUL, kön sủi. s. The chief magis-CONSUMPTION, kôn-sûm'shủn. s. (412).

trate in the Roman republick; an officer
commissioned in foreign parts to judge
between the merchants of his nation.

CONSULAR, Kôn'shu-lâr. a. (452).
lating to the consul.
CONSULATE, kôn'shu-låte. s. (91).

The

The act of consuming, waste; the state of
wasting or perishing; a waste of muscu
lar flesh, attended with a hectic fever.

Re-CONSUMPTIVE, kön-sům ́tiv. a. Destruc-
tive, wasting, exhausting; diseased with
a consumption.
CONSUMPTIVENESS, kön-sum’tv-nẻs. 5.
Tendency to a consumption.
CoNsUTILE, kön-sutil.a.(140). Sewed
or stitched together.

The

To CONSULT, kôn-sült'. v. n. To take counsel together.

TO CONSULT, kôn-sult'. v. a. To ask advice of, as, he consulted his friends; to regard, to act with view or respect to ; to search into, to examine, as, to consult an author.

CONSULT, kon'sült, or kôn-sult'.

S.

The act of consulting; the effect of consulting, determination; a council, a number of persons assembled in deliberation. I am much mistaken if this word does not incline to the general analogy of accent in dissyllable nouns and verbs, like insult. Poets have used it both ways; but the accent on the first syllable seems the most

To CONTABULATE, kôn-táb'ù-låte. v. a.
To floor with boards.
CONTACT, kôn'tâkt. s.

union.

Touch, close CONTACTION, kôn-tâk'shůn. s. The act of touching.

CONTAGION, kôn-ta jè ủn.s.(542). The emission from body to body by which diseases are communicated; infection, propagation of mischief; pestilence, venomous emanations.

(542).

CONTAGIOUs, kôn-tà'jë-ùs. a.
Infectious, caught by approach.
CONTAGIOUSNESS, kôn-ta'je-is-nês. s.
The quality of being contagious.

nó, môve, nor, nốt ;—tube, tub, bull ; oil ;pound ;thin, THIE To CoNTAIN, kön-tane.v. a. To hold, CONTEMPLATIVELY, kön-têm pla-tiv-lẻ.

as a vessel; to comprise, as a writing;|

to restrain, to withhold. To CONTAIN, kon-tàne'. v. n. in continence. CONTAINABLE, kôn-tå'nå-bl. a. ble to be contained.

To live

Possi

To CoNTAMINATE, hỗn-tâmé-nate. v.a.
To defile, to corrupt by base mixture.
CONTAMINATE, kin-tame-nate. a. (91).
Polluted, defiled.

CONTAMINATION, kin-tâm--na shun. 5.
Pollution, defilement.

To CoNTEMN, kin-têm. v. a. (411).
To despise, to scorn, to neglect.
CONTEMNER, kôn-témnủi, s, (411).

One that contems, a despiser.
TO CONTEMPER, Kkön-tém’pûr. v. a. To

moderate.

ment. s. Degree of any quality. To CONTEMPERATE, kôn-tém'půr-åte. v. a. To moderate, to temper. CONTEMPERATION, kön-tém-pûr-d'shûn. s. The act of moderating or tempering; proportionate mixture, proportion. TO CONTEMPLATE, kôn-tëm'plåte. v. a. To study, to meditate.

ad. Thoughtfully, attentively. CONTEMPLATOR, kön-tëm'plà-tůr. s. (521). One employed in study. CONTEMPORARY, kon-tem'po-râ-rẻ.

a.

kôn-têm'té-biê. Meany, in a manner deserving contempt. CONTEMPTUOUS, kôn-têm'tshu-us. CONTEMPTUOUSLY, kön-tem'tshu-ůs-lè̟. (461). Scornful, apt to despise.

ad. With scorn, with despite. CONTEMPTUOUSNESS, kôn-tém'tshu-usnés. s. Disposition to contempt. To CONTEND, kôn-tend'. v. n. Το strive, to struggle in opposition; to vie, to act in enulation.

CONTENDENT, kôn-tën'dënt. s.
pute any thing, to contest.
gonist, opponent.
CONTENDER, kön-tên’dir. s.
ant, champion.
CONTENT, kôn-tênť. a.

Anta

Combat

There is a very prevailing propensity to pronounce this word with the accent on the first syllable; a propensity which ought to be checked by every lover of the harmoay of language. That very singular anal-To CONTEND, kôn-tênd'. v. a. To dise ogy of our tongue, of placing the accent on the last syllable of the verb, and the first of the noun, (492), seems to have taken place chiefly for the convenience of forming participles, adverbs, and verbal roums; which would be inharmonious and difficult to pronounce, if the verb had the accent on the first syllable. This analogy should teach us to avoid placing the accent on the first syllable of this and similar verbs, however we may pronounce nouns and adjectives; for though to Contemplate with the accent on the first syllable is not of very difficult pronunciation, yet Contemplating and Cóntemplatingly are almost unpronounceable.

To CosTEMPLATE, kön-tễm plate. v.n. To muse, to think studiously with long attention.

CONTEMPLATION, kön-têm-plashun. s.

Meditation, studious thought on any subject; holy meditation; study, opposed to

action.

CONTEMPLATIVE, kôn-têm'plâ-tiv. a. Given to thought, studious, en ployed in study; having the power of thought.

Satisfied so as

not to repine, easy. To CONTENT, kôn-tênt'. v. a. To satis fy so as to stop complaint; to please, to gratify.

CONTENT, kôn-tênt'. s. Moderate happi ness; acquiescence; that which is con tained, or included in any thing; the pow er of containing, extent, capacity; that which is comprised in a writing: in this sense used only in the plural, and then it is sometimes accented on the first sylla ble. (493).

CONTENTED, hồn tẻnted. part. a.

Sa

tisfied, at quiet, not repining. CONTENTION, kon-tën'shún. s. Strife, debate, contest; emulati, endeavour to excel.

CONTENTIOUS, kon-ten'shús. a. Quar. relsome, given to debate, perverse,

(559).-Fåte, får, fåll, fât;-mè, met;-pine, pln ;

CONTENTIOUSLY, kin-ten’shủs-lẻ. ad. To CONTINGE, kôn-thnje. v. a. To

Perversely, quarrelsomely. CONTENTIOUSNESS, kön-tên’shủs nẻs.s.

Proneness to contest.

CONTENTLESS, kön-tent/lés. a. Discon-
tented, dissatisfied, uneasy.
CONTENTMENT, hỗn tèntment. s. Ac-
quiescence without plenary satisfaction,
gratification.
CONTERMINOUS,
Bordering upon.
CONTERRANEOUS, kôn-tèr-rå'né-us. a.
Of the same country.

a.

TO CONTEST, Kôn-tést'. v. a. (492). To
dispute, to controvert, to litigate.
TO CONTEST, Kôn-test'. v. n. To strive,
to contend; to vie, to emulate.
CONTEST, kôn'tèst. s. (492). Dispute,
difference, deba e.

Dis

CONTESTABLE, kôn-tês'tå-bl. a.
putable, controvertible.
CONTESTABLENESS, kôn-tès'tâ-bl-nés. s.
Possibility of contest.

To CONTEXT, kôn-têkst'. v. a.
weave together.

Το

CONTEXT, kôn'têkst. s. The general

series of a discourse. CONTEXT, kôn-tekst'. a. Knit together,

firm.

CONTEXTURE,kön-téks’tshure. s. (461). The disposition of parts one among another, the system, the constitution. CONTIGNATION, kôn-tg-nashủn. S. A frame of beams or boards joined together; the act of framing or joining a fabrick.

CONTIGUITY, kon-tè-gu'è-tè. s. Actual

contact, nearness of situation.

CONTIGUOUS, kôn-ug'ù-ås. a. Meeting
so as to touch; bordering upon.
CONTIGUOUSLY, kin-tigu-us-lẻ. ad.
Without any intervening space.
CONTIGUOUSNESS, kôn-tig'ù-us-nès. s.

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Close connexion. CONTINENCE, kön’tẻ-n’nse. CONTINENCY. kôn'té-nén-se. straint, command of one's self; chastity in general; forbearance of lawful pleasure; moderation in lawful pleasures. CONTINENT. kín’tẻ-nent. a. Chaste, abstemious in lawful pleasures; restrained, moderate, temperate. CONTINENT, köntè-nent. s.

Land not disjoined by the sea from other lands; that which contains any thing. CONTINENTAL, hỗn-te-nental, adj. Reating to the Continent.

touch, to reach.

CONTINGENCE, kin-tin‘jense.
CONTINGENCY kôn-tin'jén-se.

The quality of being fortuitous, accidental possibility.

CONTINGENT, kôn-tin'jent. a. Falling out by chance, accidental.

CONTINGENT, hồn-tin’jelit. S. A thing in the hands of chance; a proportion that falls to any person upon a division CONTINGENTLY, kôn-tin'jênt-lé. ad. Accidentally; without any settled rule. CONTINGENTNESS, kön-tin'jent-nês. s.

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tub, ball;-8ll;-pound ;-in, THIS. CONTOUR, kon-tððr.s. French. Th|CONTRACTOR, kÖn trấn tur. s. One of outline, the line by which any figure is defined or terminated. CONTRABAND, kôn'trå-bånd. a. (524). Prohibited, illegal, unlawful. To CONTRACT, hồn tråkt. V. a. Το draw together, to shorten; to bring two parties together, to make a bargain; to betroth, to affiance; to get a habit of; to abridge, to epitomise.

the parties to a contract or bargain. To CONTRADICT, hỗn-tra-diht.v.a. To oppose verbally, to deny ; to be contrary to. CONTRADICTER, kon-tra-dik'tür. s. Öne that contradicts, an opposer. CONTRADICTION, kon-trå-dik'shůn. s. Verbal opposition, controversial assertion; opposition; inconsistency, incongruity; contrariety, in thought or effect. To|CONTRADICTIOUS, kn-tra-dik shus. a. Filled with contradictions, inconsistent; inclined to contradict.

act of contracting or shortening; the act of shrinking or shrivelling; the state of being contracted, or drawn into a narrow compass in grammar, the reduction of two vowels or syllables to one; abbreviasion, as, the writing is full of contractions.