Compound – Conclave

Compound

COMPOUND, verb transitive

1. To mix or unite two or more ingredients in one mass or body; as, to compound drugs.

Whoever compoundeth any like it--shall be cut off from his people. Exodus 30:25.

2. To unite or combine.

We have the power of altering and compounding images into all the varieties of picture.

3. To compose; to constitute.

4. In grammar, to unite two or more words; to form one word of two or more.

5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; as a difference or controversy.

6. To pay by agreement; to discharge, as a debt, by paying a part, or giving an equivalent different from that stipulated or required; as, to compound debts.

But we now use, more generally, to compound with.

To compound felony, is for a person robbed to take the goods again, or other compensation, upon an agreement not to prosecute the thief or robber. This offense is, by the laws of England, punishable by fine and imprisonment.

COMPOUND, verb intransitive

1. To agree upon concession; to come to terms of agreement, by abating something of the first demand; followed by for before the thing accepted or remitted.

They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the tower.

2. To bargain in the lump; to agree; followed by with.

COMPOUND with this fellow by the year.

3. To come to terms, by granting something on each side; to agree.

Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen for thirty pounds.

Paracelsus and his admirers have compounded with the Galenists, and brought into practice a mixed use of chimical medicines.

4. To settle with a creditor by agreement, and discharge a debt by paying a part of its amount; or to make an agreement to pay a debt by means or in a manner different from that stipulated or required by law. A bankrupt may compound with his creditors for ten shillings on the pound, or fifty cents on the dollar. A man may compound with a parson to pay a sum of money in lieu of tithes.

To compound with a felon, is to take the goods stolen, or other amends, upon an agreement not to prosecute him.

COMPOUND, adjective

1. Composed of two or more ingredients.

COMPOUND substances are made up of two or more simple substances.

2. In grammar, composed of two or more words. Ink-stand, writing-desk, careless-ness, are compound words.

3. In botany, a compound flower is a species of aggregate flower, containing several florets, inclosed in a common perianth, on a common receptacle, with the anthers connected in a cylinder, as in the sunflower and dandelion.

A compound stem is one that divides into branches.

A compound leaf connects several leaflets in one petiole, called a common petiole.

A compound raceme is composed of several racemules or small racemes.

A compound spike is composed of several spicules or spikelets.

A compound corymb is formed of several small corymbs.

A compound umbel is one which has all its rays or peduncles bearing umbellules or small umbels at the top.

A compound fructification consists of several confluent florets; opposed to simple.

4. compound interest, is interest upon interest; when the interest of a sum is added to the principal, and then bears interest; or when the interest of a sum is put upon interest.

5. compound motion, is that which is effected by two or more conspiring powers, acting in different but not in opposite directions.

6. compound number, is that which may be divided by some other number besides unity, without a remainder; as 18, which may be divided by 2, 6 and 9.

7. compound ratio, is that which the product of the antecedents of two or more ratios has to the product of their consequents. Thus 6 to 72 is in a ratio compounded of 2 to 6, and of 3 to 12.

8. compound quantities, in algebra, are such as are joined by the signs + and - plus and minus, and expressed by more letters than one, or by the same letters unequally repeated. Thus a+b-c, and bb-b, are compound quantities.

9. compound larceny, is that which is accompanied with the aggravation of taking goods from ones house or person.

COMPOUND, noun A mass or body formed by the union or mixture of two or more ingredients or different substances; the result of composition.

Man is a compound of flesh and spirit.

Mortar is a compound of lime, sand and water.

Compoundable

COMPOUNDABLE, adjective Capable of being compounded.

Compounded

COMPOUNDED, p. Made up of different materials mixed; formed by union of two or more substances.

Compounder

COMPOUNDER, noun

1. One who compounds or mixes different things.

2. One who attempts to bring parties to terms of agreement.

Compounding

COMPOUNDING, participle present tense Uniting different substances in one body or mass; forming a mixed body; agreeing by concession, or abatement of demands; discharging a debt by agreement to pay less than the original sum, or in a different manner.

Comprehend

COMPREHEND, verb transitive Literally, to take in; to take with, or together.

1. To contain; to include; to comprise.

The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies.

2. To imply; to contain or include by implication or construction.

If there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Romans 13:9.

3. To understand; to conceive; that is, to take, hold or contain in the mind; to possess or to have in idea; according to the popular phrase, I take your meaning.

God doeth great things, which we cannot comprehend Job 37:5.

It is not always safe to disbelieve a proposition or statement, because we do not comprehend it.

Comprehended

COMPREHENDED, participle passive Contained; included; implied; understood.

Comprehending

COMPREHENDING, participle present tense Including; comprising; understanding; implying.

Comprehensible

COMPREHENSIBLE, adjective

1. That may be comprehended, or included; possible to be comprised.

2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.

Comprehensibleness

COMPREHENSIBLENESS, noun Capability of being understood.

Comprehensibly

COMPREHENSIBLY, adverb With great extent of embrace, or comprehension; with large extent of signification; in a manner to comprehend a large circuit.

The words wisdom and righteousness are commonly used very comprehensibly so as to signify all religion and virtue.

This word is rarely used.

Comprehension

COMPREHENSION, noun

1. The act or quality of comprehending, or containing; a comprising.

In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old.

2. An including or containing within a narrow compass; a summary; an epitome or compend.

This wise and religious aphorism in the text, is the sum and comprehension of all the ingredients of human happiness.

3. Capacity of the mind to understand; power of the understanding to receive and contain ideas; capacity of knowing.

The nature of spirit is not within our comprehension

4. In rhetoric, a grope or figure, by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.

Comprehensive

COMPREHENSIVE, adjective

1. Having the quality of comprising much, or including a great extent; extensive; as a comprehensive charity; a comprehensive view. It seems some times to convey the sense of comprehending much in a small compass.

2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things at once; as a comprehensive head.

Comprehensively

COMPREHENSIVELY, adverb In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of embrace.

Comprehensiveness

COMPREHENSIVENESS, noun

1. The quality of being comprehensive, or of including much extent; as the comprehensiveness of a view.

2. The quality of including much in a few words or narrow compass.

Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins.

Comprehensor

COMPREHENSOR, noun One who has obtained knowledge. [Not in use.]

Compresbyterial

COMPRESBYTERIAL, adjective Pertaining to the presbyterian form of ecclesiastical ministration.

Compress

COMPRESS, verb transitive [Latin To press. See Press.]

1. To press together by external force; to force, urge or drive into a narrower compass; to crowd; as, to compress air.

The weight of a thousand atmospheres will compress water twelve and a half per cent.

2. To embrace carnally.

3. To crowd; to bring within narrow limits or space.

Events of centuries--compressed within the compass of a single life.

COMPRESS, noun In surgery, a bolster of soft linen cloth, with several folds, used by surgeons to cover a plaster or dressing, to keep it in its place and defend the part from the external air.

Compressed

COMPRESSED, participle passive

1. Pressed or squeezed together; forced into a narrow or narrower compass; embraced carnally.

2. In botany, flatted; having the two opposite sides plane or flat; as a compressed stem.

Compressibility

COMPRESSIBILITY, noun The quality of being compressible, or yielding to pressure; the quality of being capable of compression into a smaller space or compass; as the compressibility of elastic fluids, or of any soft substance.

Compressible

COMPRESSIBLE, adjective Capable of being forced or driven into a narrower compass; yielding to pressure; giving way to a force applied.

Elastic fluids are compressible Water is compressible in a small degree.

Compressibleness

COMPRESSIBLENESS, noun Compressibility; the quality of being compressible.

Compression

COMPRESSION, noun

1. The act of compressing, or of pressing into a narrower compass; the act of forcing the parts of a body into closer union, or density, by the application of force.

2. The state of being compressed.

Compressive

COMPRESSIVE, adjective Having power to compress.

Compressure

COMPRESSURE, noun The act or force of one body pressing against another; pressure.

Compriest

COMPRIEST, noun A fellow priest. [Not in use.]

Comprint

COMPRINT, verb intransitive [See Print.] To print together. It is taken, in law, for the deceitful printing of anothers copy, or book, to the prejudice of the proprietor. [Little used.]

Comprisal

COMPRISAL, noun The act of comprising or comprehending.

Comprise

COMPRISE, verb transitive [See Comprehend.] To comprehend; to contain; to include; as, the substance of a discourse may be comprised in a few words.

Comprised

COMPRISED, participle passive Comprehended; contained.

Comprising

COMPRISING, participle present tense Containing; including; comprehending.

Comprobate

COMPROBATE, verb intransitive To agree in approving; to concur in testimony.

Comprobation

COMPROBATION, noun [Latin , to prove.] Proof; joint attestation. [Little used.]

Compromise

COMPROMISE, noun [Latin To give bond to stand to an award, to promise. See Promise.]

1. A mutual promise or contract of two parties in controversy, to refer their differences to the decision of arbitrators.

2. An amicable agreement between parties in controversy, to settle their differences by mutual concessions.

3. Mutual agreement; adjustment.

[This is its usual signification.]

COMPROMISE, verb transitive

1. To adjust and settle a difference by mutual agreement, with concessions of claims by the parties; to compound.

2. To agree; to accord.

3. To commit; to put to hazard; to pledge by some act or declaration.

[In this sense, see Compromit, which is generally used.]

Compromised

COMPROMISED, participle passive Settled by agreement with mutual concessions.

Compromiser

COMPROMISER, noun One who compromises.

Compromising

COMPROMISING, participle present tense Adjusting by agreement.

Compromissorial

COMPROMISSORIAL, adjective Relating to a compromise.

Compromit

COMPROMIT, verb transitive [Latin , To promise.] To pledge or engage, by some act or declaration, which may not be a direct promise, but which renders necessary some future act. Hence, to put to hazard, by some previous act or measure, which cannot be recalled; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.

Compromited

COMPROMITED, participle passive Pledged by some previous act or declaration.

Compromiting

COMPROMITING, participle present tense Pledging; exposing to hazard.

Comprovincial

COMPROVINCIAL, noun One belonging to the same province or archiepiscopal jurisdiction.

Compt

COMPT, noun Account; computation.

COMPT, verb transitive To compute. [See Count.]

COMPT, adjective [Latin] Neat; spruce. [Not used.]

Comptible

COMPTIBLE, adjective Accountable; subject; submissive.

Comptly

COMPTLY, adverb Neatly. [Not in use.]

Comptness

COMPTNESS, noun Neatness. [Not in use.]

Comptonite

COMPTONITE, noun A newly discovered mineral, found in drusy cavities of masses ejected from Mount Vesuvius; so called from Lord Compton, who brought it to England in 1818.

Comptroll

COMPTROLL, from Latin , To count or compute, and a register. If this word were of genuine origin, both the verb and its derivative, as applied to a public officer, would not be sense. But there is no such legitimate word in English, nor in any other known language. [See Control.]

Compulsative

COMPULSATIVE, adjective [Latin , See Compel.] Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating by force.

Compulsatively

COMPULSATIVELY, adverb By constraint or compulsion.

Compulsion

COMPULSION, noun [Latin , See Compel.]

1. The act of driving or urging by force, physical or moral; force applied; constraint of the will; the application of a force that is irresistible.

If reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason on compulsion

A man is excused for acts done through unavoidable force and compulsion

2. The state of being compelled or urged by violence.

Compulsive

COMPULSIVE, adjective Having power to compel; driving; forcing; constraining; applying force.

Uniformity of opinions cannot be effected by compulsive measures.

Compulsively

COMPULSIVELY, adverb By compulsion; by force.

Compulsiveness

COMPULSIVENESS, noun Force; compulsion.

Compulsorily

COMPULSORILY, adverb In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.

Compulsory

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

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

Compunction

COMPUNCTION, noun [Latin To prick or sting.]

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

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.

He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction

Compunctious

COMPUNCTIOUS, adjective Pricking the conscience; giving pain for offenses committed.

Let no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose.

Compunctive

COMPUNCTIVE, adjective Causing remorse.

Compupil

COMPUPIL, noun A fellow-pupil. [Little used.]

Compurgation

COMPURGATION, noun [Latin , 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.

Compurgator

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

Computable

COMPUTABLE, adjective [See Compute.] Capable of being computed, numbered or reckoned.

Computation

COMPUTATION, noun [Latin , See Compute.]

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.

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

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

3. Calculation.

Compute

COMPUTE, verb transitive [Latin To lop or prune; to think, count, reckon; to cast up. The sense is probably to cast or throw together.]

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.

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

3. To calculate.

COMPUTE, noun Computation. [Not used.]

Computed

COMPUTED, participle passive Counted; numbered; reckoned; estimated.

Computer

COMPUTER, noun One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator.

Computing

COMPUTING, participle present tense Counting; numbering; reckoning; estimating.

Computist

COMPUTIST, noun A computer. [Not used.]

Comrade

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

Comrogue

COMROGUE, noun , A fellow rogue. [Not in use.]

Conatus

CONATUS, noun

1. Effort; attempt.

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

Concamerate

CONCAMERATE, verb transitive [Latin To arch; an arch, arched roof, or chamber.] To arch over; to vault; to lay a concave over; as a concamerated bone.

Concamerated

CONCAMERATED, participle passive Arched over.

Concameration

CONCAMERATION, noun An arching; an arch or vault.

Concatenate

CONCATENATE, verb transitive [Latin A chain.] To link together; to unite in a successive series or chain, as things depending on each other.

Concatenated

CONCATENATED, participle passive Linked together; united in a series.

Concatenation

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

Concause

CONCAUSE, noun Joint cause. [Not used.]

Concavation

CONCAVATION, noun [See Concave.] The act of making concave.

Concave

CONCAVE, adjective [Latin Hollow. See Cave.]

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

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

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

CONCAVE, noun A hollow; an arch, or vault; as the ethereal concave

CONCAVE, verb transitive To make hollow.

Concaveness

CONCAVENESS, noun Hollowness.

Concavity

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

Concavo-Concave

CONCAVO-CONCAVE, adjective Concave or hollow on both surfaces.

Concavo-Convex

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

Concavous

CONCAVOUS, adjective [Latin] Concave, which see.

Concavously

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

Conceal

CONCEAL, verb transitive [Latin 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.]

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

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

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

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

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

Concealable

CONCEALABLE, adjective That may be concealed; hid or kept close.

Concealed

CONCEALED, participle passive Kept close or secret; hid; withdrawn from sight; covered.

Concealer

CONCEALER, noun One who conceals; as the concealer of a crime.

Concealing

CONCEALING, participle present tense Keeping close or secret; forbearing to disclose; hiding; covering.

CONCEALING, noun A hiding; a withholding from disclosure.

Concealment

CONCEALMENT, noun

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

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.

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

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

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

Concede

CONCEDE, verb transitive [Latin To yield, give way, depart, desist.]

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.

2. To allow; to admit to be true.

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

Conceded

CONCEDED, participle passive Yielded; admitted; granted; as, a question, proposition, fact or statement is conceded

Conceding

CONCEDING, participle present tense Yielding; admitting; granting.

Conceit

CONCEIT, noun [Latin , to take or seize.]

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

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

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

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.

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

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Proverbs 26:5.

4. Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination.

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

5. A striking thought; affected or unnatural conception.

Some to conceit alone their works confine.

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

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

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.

CONCEIT, verb transitive To conceive; to imagine; to think; to fancy.

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, thereby rendered inactive.

Conceited

CONCEITED, participle passive

1. Conceived; imagined; fancied.

2. Endowed with fancy, or imagination.

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

If you think me too conceited or to passion quickly heated.

Followed by of before the object of conceit.

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

Conceitedly

CONCEITEDLY, adverb In a conceited manner; fancifully; whimsically.

CONCEITEDLY dress her.

Conceitedness

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

Conceitless

CONCEITLESS, adjective Of dull conception; stupid; dull of apprehension. [Not in use.]

Conceivable

CONCEIVABLE, adjective [See Conceive.]

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

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

2. That may be understood or believed.

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

Conceivableness

CONCEIVABLENESS, noun The quality of being conceivable.

Conceivably

CONCEIVABLY, adverb In a conceivable or intelligible manner.

Conceive

CONCEIVE, verb transitive [Latin , to take.]

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

Then shall she be free and conceive seed. Numbers 5:28. Hebrews 11:11.

Elisabeth hath conceived a son in her old age. Luke 1:31.

In sin did my mother conceive me. Psalms 51:5.

2. To form in the mind; to imagine; to devise.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONCEIVE, verb intransitive

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

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

2. To think; to have a conception or idea.

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

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

Conceived

CONCEIVED, participle passive Formed in the womb; framed in the mind; devised; imagined; understood.

Conceiver

CONCEIVER, noun One that conceives; one that comprehends.

Conceiving

CONCEIVING, participle present tense Forming a fetus in the womb; framing in the mind; imagining; devising; thinking; comprehending.

CONCEIVING, noun Apprehension; conception.

CONCEIVING, noun Apprehension; conception.

Concelebrate

CONCELEBRATE, verb transitive To celebrate together. [Not used.]

Concent

CONCENT, noun [Latin To sing.]

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

2. Consistency; accordance; as, in concent to a mans own principles.

Concented

CONCENTED, part. adjective Made to accord.

Concenter

CONCENTER, verb intransitive [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.

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

CONCENTER, verb transitive To draw, or direct to a common center; to bring to a point; as two or more lines or other things.

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

Concentered

CONCENTERED, participle passive Brought to a common center; united in a point.

Concentering

CONCENTERING, participle present tense Tending to a common center; bringing to a center.

Concentful

CONCENTFUL, adjective Harmonious.

Concentrate

CONCENTRATE, verb transitive [See Concenter.]

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.

2. To increase the specific gravity of a body.

Concentrated

CONCENTRATED, participle passive Brought to a point or center; brought to a closer union; reduced to a narrow compass; collected into a closer body.

Concentrating

CONCENTRATING, participle present tense Bringing to a point or to closer union; collecting into a closer body, or narrow compass.

Concentration

CONCENTRATION, noun 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.

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.

Concentric

CONCENTRIC, adjective [Latin , center.] Having a common center; as the concentric coats of an onion; the concentric orbits of the planets.

Concentual

CONCENTUAL, adjective [from concent.] Harmonious; accordant.

Conceptacle

CONCEPTACLE, noun [Latin , See Conceive.]

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

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

Conceptible

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

Conception

CONCEPTION, noun [Latin , See Conceive.]

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

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

2. The state of being conceived.

Joy had the like conception in our eyes.

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.

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.

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

6. Apprehension; knowledge.

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

7. Conceit; affected sentiment, or thought.

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

Conceptious

CONCEPTIOUS, adjective Apt to conceive; fruitful; pregnant. [Not now used.]

Conceptive

CONCEPTIVE, adjective Capable of conceiving. [Little used.]

Concern

CONCERN, verb transitive [Latin , 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.]

1. To relate or belong to.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. To intermeddle.

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

CONCERN, noun

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.

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

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

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

3. Affection; regard; careful regard; solicitude; anziety.

Why all this concern for the poor things of this life?

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

An impenitent man feels no concern for his soul.

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.

Concerned

CONCERNED, participle passive or adjective

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

All men are concerned in the propagation of truth.

We are concerned in the virtuous education of our children.

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.

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

Concernedly

CONCERNEDLY, adverb With affection or interest.

Concerning

CONCERNING, participle present tense Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to.

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

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

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.

Concernment

CONCERNMENT, noun

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

To mix with thy concernments I desist.

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

The great concernment of men is with men.

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

Experimental truths are matters of great concernment to mankind.

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

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

Concert

CONCERT, noun

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.

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

The Emperor and the Pope acted in concert

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.

3. A singing in company.

4. Accordance; harmony.

Concertation

CONCERTATION, noun Strife; contention. [Little used.]

Concerto

CONCERTO, noun A piece of music for a concert.

Concession

CONCESSION, noun [Latin From concedo. See Concede.]

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.

The concession of these charters was in a parliamentary way.

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

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.

4. Acknowledgment by way of apology; confession of a fault.

Concessionary

CONCESSIONARY, adjective Yielding by indulgence or allowance.

Concessive

CONCESSIVE, adjective Implying concession; as a concessive conjunction.

Concessively

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

Concetto

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

Conch

CONCH, noun [See Cancer.] A marine shell.

Adds orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew.

Conchiferous

CONCHIFEROUS, adjective [Latin Concha, shell, and fero, to bear.] Producing or having shells.

Conchite

CONCHITE, noun A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

Conchoid

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

Conchoidal

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

Conchological

CONCHOLOGICAL, adjective [See Conchology.] Pertaining to conchology.

Conchologist

CONCHOLOGIST, noun 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.

Conchology

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

Conchometer

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

Conchylaceous

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

Conchyliologist

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

Conchyliology

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

Conciator

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

Conciliable

CONCILIABLE, noun A small assembly. [Not in use.]

Conciliar

CONCILIAR, adjective [Latin A council.] Pertaining or relating to a council. [Little used.]

Conciliate

CONCILIATE, verb transitive [Latin 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.]

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.

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.

Conciliated

CONCILIATED, participle passive Won; gained; engaged by moral influence, as by favor or affection; reconciled.

Conciliating

CONCILIATING, participle present tense

1. Winning; engaging; reconciling.

2. Winning; having the quality of gaining favor; as a conciliating address.

Conciliation

CONCILIATION, noun The act of winning or gaining, as esteem, favor or affection; reconciliation.

Conciliator

CONCILIATOR, noun One who conciliates or reconciles.

Conciliatory

CONCILIATORY, adjective Tending to conciliate, or reconcile; tending to make peace between persons at variance; pacific.

The General made conciliatory propositions to the insurgents.

The Legislature adopted conciliatory measures.

Concinnity

CONCINNITY, noun [Latin Fit, to fit or prepare; to sound in accord.]

1. Fitness; suitableness; neatness. [Little used.]

2. A jingling of words.

Concinnous

CONCINNOUS, adjective [Latin See Concinnity.] Fit; suitable; agreeable; becoming; pleasant; as a concinnous interval in music; a concinnous system.

Concionator

CONCIONATOR, noun A preacher. [Not in use.]

Concionatory

CONCIONATORY, adjective [Latin , An assembly.] Used in preaching or discourses to public assemblies.

Concise

CONCISE, adjective [Latin , cut off, brief, to cut. See Class Gd. No. 2. 4. 8. 49. 59.] Brief; short, applied to language or stile; containing few words; comprehensive; comprehending much in few words, or the principal matters only.

The concise stile, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood.

Where the author is too brief and concise amplify a little.

In Genesis, we have a concise account of the creation.

Concisely

CONCISELY, adverb Briefly; in few words; comprehensively.

Conciseness

CONCISENESS, noun Brevity in speaking or writing.

CONCISENESS should not be studied at the expense of perspicuity.

Concision

CONCISION, noun [Latin , to cut off.] Literally, a cutting off. Hence, In scripture, the Jews or those who adhered to circumcision, which, after our Savior's death, was no longer a seal of the covenant, but a mere cutting of the flesh.

Beware of dogs; beware of the concision Philippians 3:2.

Concitation

CONCITATION, noun [Latin , to stir or disturb.] The act of stirring up, exciting or putting in motion.

Concite

CONCITE, verb transitive [Latin] To excite. [Not in use.]

Conclamation

CONCLAMATION, noun [Latin , to cry out. See Claim.] An outcry or shout of many together.

Conclave

CONCLAVE, noun [Latin , an inner room; a key, or from the same root, to make fast.]

1. A private apartment, particularly the room in which the Cardinals of the Romish church meet in privacy, for the eletion of a Pope. It consists of a range of small cells or apartments, standing in a line along the galleries and hall of the Vatican.

2. The assembly or meeting of the Cardinals, shut up for the election of a Pope.

3. A private meeting; a close assembly.