COMPULSORY — CONCILIATED NWAD COMPULSORY.1

COMPULSORY, a. Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; constraining. NWAD COMPULSORY.1

In the correction of vicious propensities, it may be necessary to resort to compulsory measures. NWAD COMPULSORY.2

COMPUNCTION, n. [L. To prick or sting.] NWAD COMPUNCTION.1

1. A pricking; stimulation; irritation; seldom used in a literal sense. NWAD COMPUNCTION.2

2. A pricking of heart; poignant grief or remorse proceeding from a consciousness of guilt; the pain of sorrow or regret for having offended God, and incurred his wrath; the sting of conscience proceeding from a conviction of having violated a moral duty. NWAD COMPUNCTION.3

He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. NWAD COMPUNCTION.4

COMPUNCTIOUS, a. Pricking the conscience; giving pain for offenses committed. NWAD COMPUNCTIOUS.1

Let no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose. NWAD COMPUNCTIOUS.2

COMPUNCTIVE, a. Causing remorse. NWAD COMPUNCTIVE.1

COMPUPIL, n. A fellow-pupil. [Little used.] NWAD COMPUPIL.1

COMPURGATION, n. [L., To purify.] In law, the act or practice of instifying a man by the oath of others who swear to their belief of his veracity; wager of law, in which a man who has given security to make his law, brings into court eleven of his neighbors, and having made oath himself that he does not owe the plaintiff, the eleven neighbors, called compurgators, avow on their oaths that they believe in their consciences he has affirmed the truth. NWAD COMPURGATION.1

COMPURGATOR, n. One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. [See Compurgation.] NWAD COMPURGATOR.1

COMPUTABLE, a. [See Compute.] Capable of being computed, numbered or reckoned. NWAD COMPUTABLE.1

COMPUTATION, n. [L., See Compute.] NWAD COMPUTATION.1

1. The act of computing, numbering, reckoning or estimating; the process by which different sums or particulars are numbered, estimated, or compared, with a view to ascertain the amount, aggregate, or other result depending on such sums or particulars. We find by computation the quantity of provisions necessary to support an army for a year, and the amount of money to pay them; making the ration and pay of each man the basis of the computation. By computations of time or years, we ascertain the dates of events. NWAD COMPUTATION.2

2. The sum, quantity or amount ascertained by computing, or reckoning. NWAD COMPUTATION.3

We pass for women of fifty; many additional years are thrown into female computations of this nature. NWAD COMPUTATION.4

3. Calculation. NWAD COMPUTATION.5

COMPUTE, v.t. [L. To lop or prune; to think, count, reckon; to cast up. The sense is probably to cast or throw together.] NWAD COMPUTE.1

1. To number; to count; to reckon; to cast together several sums or particulars, to ascertain the amount or aggregate. Compute the quantity of water that will fill a vessel of certain dimensions, or that will cover the surface of the earth. Compute the expenses of a campaign. Compute the time by weeks or days. NWAD COMPUTE.2

2. To cast or estimate in the mind; to estimate the amount by known or supposed data. NWAD COMPUTE.3

3. To calculate. NWAD COMPUTE.4

COMPUTE, n. Computation. [Not used.] NWAD COMPUTE.5

COMPUTED, pp. Counted; numbered; reckoned; estimated. NWAD COMPUTED.1

COMPUTER, n. One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator. NWAD COMPUTER.1

COMPUTING, ppr. Counting; numbering; reckoning; estimating. NWAD COMPUTING.1

COMPUTIST, n. A computer. [Not used.] NWAD COMPUTIST.1

COMRADE, n. Literally, one who lodges in the same room. Hence in a more general sense, a fellow, a mate or companion; an associate in occupation. NWAD COMRADE.1

COMROGUE, n. A fellow rogue. [Not in use.] NWAD COMROGUE.1

CON. A Latin inseparable preposition or prefix to other words. Ainsworth remarks that con and cum habe the same signification, but that cum is used separately, and con in composition. Con and cum may be radically distinct words. The Irish comh, or coimh, is equivalent to the Latin con; and the Welsh cym, convertible into cyv, appears to be the same word, denoting, says Owen, a mutual act, quality or effect. It is precisely equivalent to the Latin com, in comparo, compono, and the Latin com, in composition, may be the Celtic comh or cym. But generally it seems to be con, changed into com. Ainsworth deduces cum from the Greek; for originally it was written cyn. But this is probably a mistake. NWAD CON.1

Con coincides in radical letters and in signification with the Teutonic gain, gen, gean, igen, igien, in the English again, against; Sax. Gean, ongean; sw. Igen; Dan. Igien. Whatever may be its origin or affinities, the primary sense of the word is probably from some root that signifies to meet or oppose, or turn and meet; to approach to, or to be with. This is the radical sense of most propositions of the like import. See the English with, again. So in Irish, coinne, a meeting; as coinne, opposite. NWAD CON.2

Con, in compounds, is change into l before l, as in colligo, to collect, and into m before a labial, as in comparo, to compare. Before a vowel or h, the na is dropped; as in coalesco, to coalesce, to cooperate; cohibeo, to restrain. I denotes union, as in conjoin; or opposition, as in conflict, contend. NWAD CON.3

CON, [abbreviated from Latin contra, against.] In the phrase, pro and con, for and against, con denotes the negative side of a question. As a noun, a person who is in the negative; as the pros and cons. NWAD CON.4

CON, v.t. [to know, to be able, to be skillful or wise; and to bear or bring forth, Gr. To try, to attempt, to prove, L., whence cunning, skillful, experienced, or skill, experience; coincides in sense with to begin, to try to attempt. G. To know; to be able. The primary sense is, to strain or stretch, which gives the sense of strength, power, as in can, and of holding, containing, comprehending, as contain, from contineo, teneo, Gr., L. To beget or to bring forth. In the sense of know, con signifies to hold or to reach.] NWAD CON.5

1. To know. NWAD CON.6

I conne no skill. NWAD CON.7

I shall not conne answer. I shall not know or be able to answer. NWAD CON.8

2. To make ones self master of; to fix in the mend or commit to memory; as, to con a lesson. NWAD CON.9

To con thanks, to be pleased or obliged, or to thank. NWAD CON.10

CONATUS, n. NWAD CONATUS.1

1. Effort; attempt. NWAD CONATUS.2

2. The tendency of a body towards any point, or to pursue its course in the same line of direction. NWAD CONATUS.3

CONCAMERATE, v.t. [L. To arch; an arch, arched roof, or chamber.] To arch over; to vault; to lay a concave over; as a concamerated bone. NWAD CONCAMERATE.1

CONCAMERATED, pp. Arched over. NWAD CONCAMERATED.1

CONCAMERATION, n. An arching; an arch or vault. NWAD CONCAMERATION.1

CONCATENATE, v.t. [L. A chain.] To link together; to unite in a successive series or chain, as things depending on each other. NWAD CONCATENATE.1

CONCATENATED, pp. Linked together; united in a series. NWAD CONCATENATED.1

CONCATENATION, n. A series of links united; a successive series or order of things connected or depending on each other; as a concatenation of causes. NWAD CONCATENATION.1

CONCAUSE, n. Joint cause. [Not used.] NWAD CONCAUSE.1

CONCAVATION, n. [See Concave.] The act of making concave. NWAD CONCAVATION.1

CONCAVE, a. [L. Hollow. See Cave.] NWAD CONCAVE.1

1. Hollow, and arched or rounded, as the inner surface of a spherical body; opposed to convex; as a concave glass. NWAD CONCAVE.2

2. Hollow, in a general sense; as the concave shores of the Tiber. NWAD CONCAVE.3

3. In botany, a concave leaf is one whose edge stands above the disk. NWAD CONCAVE.4

CONCAVE, n. A hollow; an arch, or vault; as the ethereal concave. NWAD CONCAVE.5

CONCAVE, v.t. To make hollow. NWAD CONCAVE.6

CONCAVENESS, n. Hollowness. NWAD CONCAVENESS.1

CONCAVITY, n. Hollowness; the internal surface of a hollow spherical body, or a body of other figure; or the space within such body. NWAD CONCAVITY.1

CONCAVO-CONCAVE, a. Concave or hollow on both surfaces. NWAD CONCAVO-CONCAVE.1

CONCAVO-CONVEX, a. Concave on one side, and convex on the other. [See Convex.] NWAD CONCAVO-CONVEX.1

CONCAVOUS, a. [L.] Concave, which see. NWAD CONCAVOUS.1

CONCAVOUSLY, adv. With hollowness; in a manner to discover the internal surface of a hollow sphere. NWAD CONCAVOUSLY.1

CONCEAL, v.t. [L. To withhold from sight,; G., To conceal, and to heal; the primary sense is to strain, hold, stop, restrain, make fast or strong, all from the same root as the Shemitic.] NWAD CONCEAL.1

1. To keep close or secret; to forbear to disclose; to withhold from utterance or declaration; as, to conceal ones thoughts or opinions. NWAD CONCEAL.2

I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. Job 6:10. NWAD CONCEAL.3

2. To hide; to withdraw from observation; to cover or keep from sight. NWAD CONCEAL.4

What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Genesis 37:26. NWAD CONCEAL.5

A party of men concealed themselves behind a wall. A mask conceals the face. NWAD CONCEAL.6

CONCEALABLE, a. That may be concealed; hid or kept close. NWAD CONCEALABLE.1

CONCEALED, pp. Kept close or secret; hid; withdrawn from sight; covered. NWAD CONCEALED.1

CONCEALER, n. One who conceals; as the concealer of a crime. NWAD CONCEALER.1

CONCEALING, ppr. Keeping close or secret; forbearing to disclose; hiding; covering. NWAD CONCEALING.1

CONCEALING, n. A hiding; a withholding from disclosure. NWAD CONCEALING.2

CONCEALMENT, n. NWAD CONCEALMENT.1

1. Forbearance of disclosure; a keeping close or secret; as the concealment of opinions or passions. NWAD CONCEALMENT.2

2. The act of hiding, covering, or withdrawing from sight; as the concealment of the face by a mask, or of the person by any cover or shelter. NWAD CONCEALMENT.3

3. The state of being hid or concealed; privacy; as a project formed in concealment. NWAD CONCEALMENT.4

4. The place of hiding; a secret place; retreat from observation; cover from sight. NWAD CONCEALMENT.5

The cleft tree offers its kind concealment to a few, their food its insects, and its moss their nests. NWAD CONCEALMENT.6

CONCEDE, v.t. [L. To yield, give way, depart, desist.] NWAD CONCEDE.1

1. To yield; to admit as true, just or proper; to grant; to let pass undisputed; as, this must not be conceded without limitation. The advocate concedes the point in question. NWAD CONCEDE.2

2. To allow; to admit to be true. NWAD CONCEDE.3

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. NWAD CONCEDE.4

CONCEDED, pp. Yielded; admitted; granted; as, a question, proposition, fact or statement is conceded. NWAD CONCEDED.1

CONCEDING, ppr. Yielding; admitting; granting. NWAD CONCEDING.1

CONCEIT, n. [L., to take or seize.] NWAD CONCEIT.1

1. Conception; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image. NWAD CONCEIT.2

In laughing there ever precedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous, and therefore it is proper to man. NWAD CONCEIT.3

2. Understanding; power or faculty of conceiving; apprehension; as a man of quick conceit. [Nearly antiquated.] NWAD CONCEIT.4

How often did her eyes say to me, that they loved! Yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. NWAD CONCEIT.5

3. Opinion; notion; fancy; imagination; fantastic notion; as a strange or odd conceit. NWAD CONCEIT.6

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs 26:12. NWAD CONCEIT.7

4. Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination. NWAD CONCEIT.8

On the way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. NWAD CONCEIT.9

5. A striking thought; affected or unnatural conception. NWAD CONCEIT.10

Some to conceit alone their works confine. NWAD CONCEIT.11

6. Favorable or self-flattering opinion; a lofty or vain conception of ones own person or accomplishments. NWAD CONCEIT.12

By a little study and a great conceit of himself, he has lost his religion. NWAD CONCEIT.13

Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; no longer pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. Hence to put one out of conceit with, is to make him indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it. NWAD CONCEIT.14

CONCEIT, v.t. To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy. NWAD CONCEIT.15

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, thereby rendered inactive. NWAD CONCEIT.16

CONCEITED, pp. NWAD CONCEITED.1

1. Conceived; imagined; fancied. NWAD CONCEITED.2

2. Endowed with fancy, or imagination. NWAD CONCEITED.3

3. Entertaining a flattering opinion of ones self; having a vain or too high conception of ones own person or accomplishments; vain. NWAD CONCEITED.4

If you think me too conceited, or to passion quickly heated. NWAD CONCEITED.5

Followed by of before the object of conceit. NWAD CONCEITED.6

The Athenians were conceited of their own wit, science and politeness. NWAD CONCEITED.7

CONCEITEDLY, adv. In a conceited manner; fancifully; whimsically. NWAD CONCEITEDLY.1

Conceitedly dress her. NWAD CONCEITEDLY.2

CONCEITEDNESS, n. The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity; an overweening fondness of ones own person or endowments. NWAD CONCEITEDNESS.1

CONCEITLESS, a. Of dull conception; stupid; dull of apprehension. [Not in use.] NWAD CONCEITLESS.1

CONCEIVABLE, a. [See Conceive.] NWAD CONCEIVABLE.1

1. That may be imagined, or thought; capable of being framed in the mind by the fancy or imagination. NWAD CONCEIVABLE.2

If it were possible to contrive an invention, whereby any conceivable weight may be moved by any conceivable power. NWAD CONCEIVABLE.3

2. That may be understood or believed. NWAD CONCEIVABLE.4

It is not conceivable, that it should be the very person, whose shape and voice it assumed. NWAD CONCEIVABLE.5

CONCEIVABLENESS, n. The quality of being conceivable. NWAD CONCEIVABLENESS.1

CONCEIVABLY, adv. In a conceivable or intelligible manner. NWAD CONCEIVABLY.1

CONCEIVE, v.t. [L., to take.] NWAD CONCEIVE.1

1. To receive into the womb, and breed; to begin the formation of the embryo or fetus of animal. NWAD CONCEIVE.2

Then shall she be free and conceive seed. Numbers 5:28; Hebrews 11:11. NWAD CONCEIVE.3

Elisabeth hath conceived a son in her old age. Luke 1:36. NWAD CONCEIVE.4

In sin did my mother conceive me. Psalm 51:5. NWAD CONCEIVE.5

2. To form in the mind; to imagine; to devise. NWAD CONCEIVE.6

They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity. Job 15:35. NWAD CONCEIVE.7

Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpose against you. Jeremiah 49:30. NWAD CONCEIVE.8

3. To form an idea in the mind; to understand; to comprehend. NWAD CONCEIVE.9

We cannot conceive the manner in which spirit operates upon matter. NWAD CONCEIVE.10

4. To think; to be of opinion; to have an idea; to imagine. NWAD CONCEIVE.11

You can hardly conceive this man to have been bred in the same climate. NWAD CONCEIVE.12

CONCEIVE, v.i. NWAD CONCEIVE.13

1. To have a fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. NWAD CONCEIVE.14

Thou shalt conceive and bear a son. Judges 13:3. NWAD CONCEIVE.15

2. To think; to have a conception or idea. NWAD CONCEIVE.16

Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. The grieved commons hardly conceive of me. NWAD CONCEIVE.17

3. To understand; to comprehend; to have a complete idea of; as, I cannot conceive by what means this event has been produced. NWAD CONCEIVE.18

CONCEIVED, pp. Formed in the womb; framed in the mind; devised; imagined; understood. NWAD CONCEIVED.1

CONCEIVER, n. One that conceives; one that comprehends. NWAD CONCEIVER.1

CONCEIVING, ppr. Forming a fetus in the womb; framing in the mind; imagining; devising; thinking; comprehending. NWAD CONCEIVING.1

CONCEIVING, n. Apprehension; conception. NWAD CONCEIVING.2

CONCEIVING, n. Apprehension; conception. NWAD CONCEIVING.3

CONCELEBRATE, v.t. To celebrate together. [Not used.] NWAD CONCELEBRATE.1

CONCENT, n. [L. To sing.] NWAD CONCENT.1

1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as a concent of notes. NWAD CONCENT.2

2. Consistency; accordance; as, in concent to a man’s own principles. NWAD CONCENT.3

CONCENTED, part. a. Made to accord. NWAD CONCENTED.1

CONCENTER, v.i. [Gr., a goad, a sharp point, a center; to prick or goad. The primary sense is a point.] To come to a point, or to meet in a common center; used of converging lines, or other things that meet in a point. NWAD CONCENTER.1

All these are like so many lines drawn from several objets, that in some way relate to him, and concenter in him. NWAD CONCENTER.2

CONCENTER, v.t. To draw, or direct to a common center; to bring to a point; as two or more lines or other things. NWAD CONCENTER.3

The having a part less to animate, will serve to concenter the spirits, and make them more active in the rest. NWAD CONCENTER.4

CONCENTERED, pp. Brought to a common center; united in a point. NWAD CONCENTERED.1

CONCENTERING, ppr. Tending to a common center; bringing to a center. NWAD CONCENTERING.1

CONCENTFUL, a. Harmonious. NWAD CONCENTFUL.1

CONCENTRATE, v.t. [See Concenter.] NWAD CONCENTRATE.1

1. To bring to a common center, or to a closer union; to cause to approach nearer to a point, or center; to bring nearer to each other; as, to concentrate particles of salt by evaporating the water that holds them in solution; to concentrate the troops in an army; to concentrate rays of light into a focus. NWAD CONCENTRATE.2

2. To increase the specific gravity of a body. NWAD CONCENTRATE.3

CONCENTRATED, pp. Brought to a point or center; brought to a closer union; reduced to a narrow compass; collected into a closer body. NWAD CONCENTRATED.1

CONCENTRATING, ppr. Bringing to a point or to closer union; collecting into a closer body, or narrow compass. NWAD CONCENTRATING.1

CONCENTRATION, n. The act of concentrating; the act of bringing nearer together; collection into a central point; compression into a narrow space; the state of being brought to a point. NWAD CONCENTRATION.1

Note. The verb concentrate is sometimes accented on the first syllable. The reason is, with the primary accent on the first syllable, and a secondary accent on the third, the pronunciation of the participles, concentrating, concentrated, is much facilitated. NWAD CONCENTRATION.2

CONCENTRIC, a. [L., center.] Having a common center; as the concentric coats of an onion; the concentric orbits of the planets. NWAD CONCENTRIC.1

CONCENTUAL, a. [from concent.] Harmonious; accordant. NWAD CONCENTUAL.1

CONCEPTACLE, n. [L., See Conceive.] NWAD CONCEPTACLE.1

1. That in which any thing is contained; a vessel; a receiver, or receptacle. NWAD CONCEPTACLE.2

2. In botany, a follicle; a pericarp of one valve, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it. NWAD CONCEPTACLE.3

CONCEPTIBLE, a. [See Conceivable.] That may be conceived; conceivable; intelligible. [Not used.] NWAD CONCEPTIBLE.1

CONCEPTION, n. [L., See Conceive.] NWAD CONCEPTION.1

1. The act of conceiving; the first formation of the embryo or fetus of an animal. NWAD CONCEPTION.2

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. Genesis 3:16. NWAD CONCEPTION.3

2. The state of being conceived. NWAD CONCEPTION.4

Joy had the like conception in our eyes. NWAD CONCEPTION.5

3. In pneumatology, apprehension of nay thing by the mind; the act of conceiving in the mind; that mental act or combination of acts by which an idea or notion is formed of an absent object of perception, or of a sensation formerly felt. When we see an object with our eyes open, we have a perception of it; when the same object is presented to the mind with the eyes shut, in idea only or in memory, we have a conception of it. NWAD CONCEPTION.6

4. Conception may be sometimes used for the power of conceiving ideas, as when we say, a thing is not within our conception. Some writers have defined conception as a distinct faculty of the mind; but it is considered by others as memory, and perhaps with propriety. NWAD CONCEPTION.7

5. Purpose conceived; conception with reference to the performance of an act. NWAD CONCEPTION.8

6. Apprehension; knowledge. NWAD CONCEPTION.9

And as if beasts conceived what reason were, and that conception should distinctly show. NWAD CONCEPTION.10

7. Conceit; affected sentiment, or thought. NWAD CONCEPTION.11

He is too full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms. NWAD CONCEPTION.12

CONCEPTIOUS, a. Apt to conceive; fruitful; pregnant. [Not now used.] NWAD CONCEPTIOUS.1

CONCEPTIVE, a. Capable of conceiving. [Little used.] NWAD CONCEPTIVE.1

CONCERN, v.t. [L., to separate, sift, divide; to see. If this is the true origin, as I suppose, the primary sense is, to reach or extend to, or to look to, as we use regard.] NWAD CONCERN.1

1. To relate or belong to. NWAD CONCERN.2

Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 28:31. NWAD CONCERN.3

2. To relate or belong to, in an emphatical manner; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. NWAD CONCERN.4

Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation. NWAD CONCERN.5

It much concerns us to secure the favor and protection of God. NWAD CONCERN.6

3. To interest of affect the passions; to take an interest in; to engage by feeling or sentiment. NWAD CONCERN.7

A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. A kind parent concerns himself in the virtuous education of his children. They NWAD CONCERN.8

They think themselves out of the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor. NWAD CONCERN.9

4. To disturb; to make uneasy. [Little used.] NWAD CONCERN.10

5. To intermeddle. NWAD CONCERN.11

We need not concern ourselves with the affairs of our neighbors. NWAD CONCERN.12

CONCERN, n. NWAD CONCERN.13

1. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair; a very general term, expressing whatever occupies the time and attention, or affects the interests of a person. Intermeddle not in the private concerns of a family. Religion is the main concern of a rational being. We have no concern in the private quarrels of our neighbors. The industrious and prudent occupy their time with their own concerns. NWAD CONCERN.14

2. Interest; importance; moment; that which affects the welfare or happiness. NWAD CONCERN.15

To live in peace, is a matter of no small concern to a nation. NWAD CONCERN.16

Mysterious secrets of a high concern, and weighty truths, solid convincing sense, explained by unaffected eloquence. NWAD CONCERN.17

3. Affection; regard; careful regard; solicitude; anziety. NWAD CONCERN.18

Why all this concern for the poor things of this life? NWAD CONCERN.19

O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns, and gentle wishes, follow me to battle. NWAD CONCERN.20

An impenitent man feels no concern for his soul. NWAD CONCERN.21

4. Persons connected in business; or their affairs in general; as a debt due to the whole concern; a loss affecting the whole concern. Mercantile Usage. NWAD CONCERN.22

CONCERNED, pp. or a. NWAD CONCERNED.1

1. Interested; engaged; having a connection with that which may affect the interest, welfare or happiness. NWAD CONCERNED.2

All men are concerned in the propagation of truth. NWAD CONCERNED.3

We are concerned in the virtuous education of our children. NWAD CONCERNED.4

2. Interested in business; having connection in business; as, A is concerned with B in the East India trade. Of an advocate or counselor we say, he is concerned in the cause of A against B. NWAD CONCERNED.5

3. Regarding with care; solicitous; anxious; as, we are concerned for the fate of our fleet. NWAD CONCERNED.6

CONCERNEDLY, adv. With affection or interest. NWAD CONCERNEDLY.1

CONCERNING, ppr. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to. NWAD CONCERNING.1

The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Numbers 10:29. NWAD CONCERNING.2

I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Genesis 19:21. NWAD CONCERNING.3

This word has been considered a preposition, but most improperly; concerning, when so called, refers to a verb, sentence or proposition; as in the first example, the word applies to the preceding afirmation. The Lord hath spoken good, which speaking good is concerning Israel. Concerning, in this case, refers to the first clause of the sentence. NWAD CONCERNING.4

CONCERNMENT, n. NWAD CONCERNMENT.1

1. The thing in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; business; interest. NWAD CONCERNMENT.2

To mix with thy concernments I desist. NWAD CONCERNMENT.3

Propositions which extend only to the present life, are small, compared with those that have influence upon our everlasting concernments. NWAD CONCERNMENT.4

The great concernment of men is with men. NWAD CONCERNMENT.5

2. A particular bearing upon the interest or happiness of one; importance; moment. NWAD CONCERNMENT.6

Experimental truths are matters of great concernment to mankind. NWAD CONCERNMENT.7

3. Concern; interposition; meddling; as, the father had no concernment in the marriage of his daughter. In this sense, we generally use concern. NWAD CONCERNMENT.8

4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; as, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. In this sense, concern is generally used. NWAD CONCERNMENT.9

CONCERT, n. NWAD CONCERT.1

1. Agreement of two or more in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony. NWAD CONCERT.2

The allies were frustrated for want of concert in their operations. NWAD CONCERT.3

The Emperor and the Pope acted in concert. NWAD CONCERT.4

2. A number or company of musicians, playing or singing the same piece of music at the same time; or the music of a company of players or singers, or of both united. NWAD CONCERT.5

3. A singing in company. NWAD CONCERT.6

4. Accordance; harmony. NWAD CONCERT.7

CONCERTATION, n. Strife; contention. [Little used.] NWAD CONCERTATION.1

CONCERTO, n. A piece of music for a concert. NWAD CONCERTO.1

CONCESSION, n. [L. From concedo. See Concede.] NWAD CONCESSION.1

1. The act of granting or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request from the party to whom it is made, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous. NWAD CONCESSION.2

The concession of these charters was in a parliamentary way. NWAD CONCESSION.3

2. The thing yielded; as, in the treaty of peace, each power made large concessions. NWAD CONCESSION.4

3. In rhetoric or debate, the yielding, granting, or allowing to the opposite party some point or face that may bear dispute, with a view to obtain something which cannot be denied, or to show that even admitting the point conceded, the cause is not with the adverse party, but can be maintained by the advocate on other grounds. NWAD CONCESSION.5

4. Acknowledgment by way of apology; confession of a fault. NWAD CONCESSION.6

CONCESSIONARY, a. Yielding by indulgence or allowance. NWAD CONCESSIONARY.1

CONCESSIVE, a. Implying concession; as a concessive conjunction. NWAD CONCESSIVE.1

CONCESSIVELY, adv. By way of concession or yielding; by way of admitting what may be disputable. NWAD CONCESSIVELY.1

CONCETTO, n. [See Conceit.] Affected wit; conceit. [Not English, nor in use.] NWAD CONCETTO.1

CONCH, n. [See Cancer.] A marine shell. NWAD CONCH.1

Adds orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew. NWAD CONCH.2

CONCHIFEROUS, a. [L. Concha, shell, and fero, to bear.] Producing or having shells. NWAD CONCHIFEROUS.1

CONCHITE, n. A fossil or petrified conch or shell. NWAD CONCHITE.1

CONCHOID, n. [Gr., form.] The name of a curve, given to it by its inventor Nicomedes. NWAD CONCHOID.1

CONCHOIDAL, a. In mineralogy, resembling a conch or marine shell; having convex elevations and concave depressions, like shells; as a conchoidal fracture. NWAD CONCHOIDAL.1

CONCHOLOGICAL, a. [See Conchology.] Pertaining to conchology. NWAD CONCHOLOGICAL.1

CONCHOLOGIST, n. One versed in the natural history of shells or shell-fish; one who studies the nature, properties and habits of shells and their included animals. NWAD CONCHOLOGIST.1

CONCHOLOGY, n. [Gr. A shell and discourse.] The doctrine or science of shells and shellfish. NWAD CONCHOLOGY.1

CONCHOMETER, n. [Gr., a shell, and to measure.] An instrument for measuring shells. NWAD CONCHOMETER.1

CONCHYLACEOUS, a. [from conch.] Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as conchylaceous impressions. NWAD CONCHYLACEOUS.1

CONCHYLIOLOGIST, CONCHYLIOLOGY, from L. Conchylium, a shell-fish, are sometimes used as synonyms of the preceding words; but they are words of inconvenient length, and useless. NWAD CONCHYLIOLOGIST.1

CONCIATOR, n. In glass-works, the person who weighs and proportions the salt on ashes and sand, and who works and tempers them. NWAD CONCIATOR.1

CONCILIABLE, n. A small assembly. [Not in use.] NWAD CONCILIABLE.1

CONCILIAR, a. [L. A council.] Pertaining or relating to a council. [Little used.] NWAD CONCILIAR.1

CONCILIATE, v.t. [L. To draw or bring together, to unite; Gr. To call. The primary sense of the root is to strain, stretch, drive or draw. Calling is a straining or driving of voice. See Class Gl. No. 32. 36. 48. 49. And See Council.] NWAD CONCILIATE.1

1. To lead or draw to, by moral influence or power; to win, gain or engae, as the affections, favor or good will; as, politeness and hospitality conciliate affection. NWAD CONCILIATE.2

2. To reconcile, or bring to a state of friendship, as persons at variance. We say, an attempt has been made to conciliate the contending parties. NWAD CONCILIATE.3

CONCILIATED, pp. Won; gained; engaged by moral influence, as by favor or affection; reconciled. NWAD CONCILIATED.1