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portantly; very much. Con sid' er ate, a. thoughtful; prudent. Con sid’ er ate ly, ad. calmly; prudently. Con sid er a' tion, n. regard; notice; serious thought; compensation. Con sign', v. to make over

to another. Con sign' ment, n. the act of consigning. Con sist', v. to be composed of; to be contained in.

Con sist' ence,

greement; form.

n. a

substance;

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Con' sort, n. companion ; partner.

Con sort', v. to marry; to

accompany; to associ ate with.

Con spic' u ous a. obvious to the sight; eminent; distinguished. Con spir' a cy, n. a plot;

a concerted treason. Con spir' a tor, n. a man engaged in a plot ; & plotter.

Con spire', v. to agree together; to concert a crime; to plot.

Con' sta ble, n. a peace of

ficer.

Con' stan cy, n. firmness; continuance.

Con' stant, a. firm; unvaried; fixed.

Con stel la' tion, n. a cluster of fixed stars. Con ster na' tion, n. astonishment; fear; wonder.

Con stit' u ent, a. elemen

tal; essential; composing. n. an elector; one who deputes Con' sti tute, v. to make;

to depute; to set up. Con sti tu tion, n. the frame of body or mind; law of a country; form of government. Con sti tu' tion al, a. legal according to the esta

blished government; radical Con strain', v. to compel;

to force; to press. Con straint', n. compul

sion; confinement. Con struct', v. to build ; to form.

Con struc' tion, n. act of building; fabrication; meaning; the syntax. Con' strue, v. to interpret; to explain.

Con sult', v. to take counsel together; to ask advice of.

Con sul ta' tion, n. secret deliberation.

Con sume', v. to waste; to destroy ; to waste away; to be exhausted. Con sum' mate, v. to complete ; to perfect. a. complete; perfect. Con um ma' tion, n. perfection; completion; end; death

Con sup' tion, n. waste; a disease.

Con sump' tive, a. destructive; wasting.

Con' tact, n. close union; touch.

ta' gi on,
n. pesti
lence; an infection

Con ta' gi ous, a. infec

tious; catcbing.

Con tain', v. to hold comprise; restrain.

; to

Con tam' i nate, v. to defile; to corrupt. Con temn', v. to despise ; scorn; neglect. Con tem' plate,

V. to

muse; to meditate ; to study.

Con tem pla' tion, n. meditation; thought. Con tem' pla tive, a. studious; thoughtful. Con tem' po ra ry, n. one who lives at the same time with another. Con tempt', n. scorn; disdain; hate.

Con tempt' i ble, a. deserving scorn; base. Con tempt' u ous, a. scornful; proud; insolent.. Con tend', v. to strive; to dispute any thing. Con tent', v. to satisfy; to please a satisfied; easy. n. capacity; moderate happiness.

Con ten' tion, n. strife; debate; contest; emulation.

Con ten' tious, a. quarrel

some; perverse.

Con tent' ment, n. satisfaction.

Con tents', n. the heads of a book; index; extent; capacity.

Con test', v. to dispute; to litigate; to strive; to contend; to emulate.

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an agreement. Con tract', v. to shorten ; to bargain; to shrink up.

Con trac' tion, n. an abbreviation

Con tract' or, n. one who makes bargains Con tra dict', v. to oppose verbally; to deny. Con tra dic'tion, n. opposition; inconsistency. Con tra dic' to ry, a. inconsistent with.

Con tra dis tinc' tion, n. distinction by opposite qualities.

Con tra ri' e tỷ, n. opposition; inconsistency. Con' tra ry, a. opposite; disagreeing; adverse Con' trast, n. an opposition of figures, Con trast', v. to place in opposition.

Con tra vene', v. to op

pose; to hinder Con trib' ute, v. to give ;

to bear a part. Con tri bu' tion, n. what several give for a common purpose.

Con' trite, a truly peni

tent

Con tri" tion, n. penitence; the act of grind ing to powder. Con trivance,n. a scheme; a plot; an art.

Con trive', v to plan; in-
vent; project.
Con trol, v. to govern;
to restrain. n. power;
authority; restraint.
Con' tro ver sy, n. a dis-
pute; a quarrel; a suit
in law.

Con tro vert', v. to debate;
to dispute any thing in
writing.

Con tu ma' cious, a. ob-
stinate; perverse.
Con' tu ma cy, n obstina-
cy; stubbornness ; in-
flexibility
Con tu me li ous,

a. re

one point.

Con ver' sant, a. acquaint-
ed with; skilled in.
Con ver sa' tion, n. famil-
iar discourse.

Con verse', v. to discourse
with ;
to hold inter-
course with.
Con' verse, n. acquaint-
ance; cohabitation; fa-
miliarity.

Con version, n. transmu-
tation; change from re-
probation to grace.
Con vert', v. to change;
to appropriate; to un-
dergo a change.

proachful; rude; bru- Con' vert, n. a person

tal.

Con' tu me ly, n. rude. ness; contemptuous

ness.

Con tu sion, n, a bruise;

act of bruising.

Con va les' cence, n. a re

newal of health.

Con va les' cent, a. recov ering.

Con vene', v. to call together; to assemble. Con ve' ni ence, n. fitness ; propriety

Con ve' ni ent, a. fit; suit

able; proper. Con' vent, n. a religious

house; a nunnery. Con ven' tion, n. an assembly; coalition.

Con verge', v. to tend to

changed from one opinion to another. Con' vex, a. rising in a circular form; opposite

to concave.

Con vex'i ty, n. protuber.

ance in a circular form. Con vey, v. to carry from

one place to another;
to transfer; to trans-
mit.

Con veyance, n. the
means by which any
things is conveyed.
Con vey' an cer, n. one
who draws writings by
which property is con-
veyed.

Con vict', v. to prove guil-
ty; to confute.

Con' viet, n. a person cast

at the bar; one convicted.

Con vic' tion, n. detection of guilt; confutation. Con vince', v. to force a nother to acknowledge a contested position by full proof. Con vin cing lý, ad. in such a manner as to leave no room for doubt. Con viv' i al, a. festal; social.

Con' vo cate, v. to call together; to convoke ; to

summon to an assem

bly.

Con vo ca tion, n. an ecclesiastical assembly. Con volve', v. to roll together.

Con voy, v. to accompany for defence. Con' voy, n. defensive attendance.

Con vulse', v. to give a

violent motion. Con vul' sion, n. an involuntary contraction of the muscles.

Con vul' sive, a. giving

twitches or spasms. Co op' e rate, v to labour jointly with another. Co part' ner, n. a joint

partner in business. Co' pi ous, a. plentiful ; abundant.

Go' pi ous ly, ad. plenti

fully; diffusely. Cop' per, n one of the six primitive metals; large boiler.

a

Cop per plate', n. a plate on which pictures, &c.

are engraven.

Cop' per as, n. a kind of vitriol.

Cop' u late, v. to unite; to conjoin.

Cop' y, v. to transcribe; to imitate. n. a pattern to write after; manuscript. Co quet', v. to deceive in love; to jilt. Co quette', n. a gay, airy girl, who endeavours to attract notice.

Cord' age, n. a quantity of ropes for a ship. Cor' di al, n.

any thing that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. a. reviving. Cor di al' i ty, n. relation

to the heart; sincerity. Cor' di al lỹ, ad. sincerely; heartily.

Co rin' thi an, a. the fourth of the five orders of ar chitecture.

Cor' mo rant, n a bird that preys upon fish ; a glut

ton.

Cor nice, n. the highest projection of a wall or column.

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