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Compress (?), n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.
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Compressed (?), a. 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.
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2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
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Coloq. Compressed-air engine , an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.
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Compressed yeast. A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.
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Compressibility (?), n. [Cf. F. compressibilité.] The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.
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Compressible (?), a. [Cf. F. compressible.] Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
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Compressibleness, n. The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
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Compression (?), n. [L. compressio: cf. F. compression.] 1. The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. “Compression of thought.” Johnson.
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2. (Computers) reduction of the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The act of compressing {3}. Compression may be lossless compression, in which all of the information in the original data is preserved, and the original data may be recovered in form identical to its original form; or lossy compression, in which some of the information in the original data is lost, and decompression results in a data form slightly different from the original. Lossy compression is used, for example, to compress audio or video recordings, and sometimes images, where the slight differences in the original data and the data recovered after lossy compression may be imperceptable to the human eye or ear. The JPEG format is produced by a lossy compression algorithm.
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Compression projectile. A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.
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Compressive (?), a. [Cf. F. compressif.] Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
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Compressor (?), n. [L.] Anything which serves to compress; as: (a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. (c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium. (d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.
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Compressure (?; 135), n. Compression.
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Comprint (?), v. t. & i. 1. To print together.
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2. (O. Eng. Law) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E. Phillips.
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Comprint (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed.
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Comprisal (?), n. The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.
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A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow.
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Comprise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Comprising.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See .] To comprehend; to include.
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Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker.
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Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon.

Syn. -- To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply.
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Comprobate (?), v. i. [L. comprobatus, p. p. of comprobare, to approve wholly.] To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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Comprobation (?), n. [L. comprobatio.] 1. Joint attestation; proof. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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2. Approbation. [Obs.] Foxe.
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Compromise (?), n. [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to promise. See .] 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. [Obs.] Burrill.
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2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
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But basely yielded upon compromise
That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows. Shak.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Burke.
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An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. Hallam.
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3. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.
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I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.
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Compromise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising.] [From , n.; cf. .] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]
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Laban and himself were compromised
That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied
Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak.
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2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
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The controversy may easily be compromised. Fuller.
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3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
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To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. Motley.
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Compromise, v. i. 1. To agree; to accord. [Obs.]
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2. To make concession for conciliation and peace.
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Compromiser (?), n. One who compromises.
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Compromissorial (?), a. Relating to compromise. [R.] Chalmers.
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Compromit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.] [L. compromittere. See , n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. State Trials (1529).
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2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.
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Comprovincial (?), a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]
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The six islands, comprovincial
In ancient times unto Great Britain. Spenser.
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Compsognathus (kŏmpsŏgnȧthŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kompos elegant, pretty + gnaqos jaw.] (Zoöl.) A genus of carnivorous Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation with a slender body, and remarkable for having several birdlike features. It reached a length of 30 inches when adult.
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Compt (kount, formerly kŏmt; 215), n. [F. compte. See an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Shak.
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Compt, v. t. [F. compter. See , v. t.] To compute; to count. [Obs.] See .
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Compt, a. [L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.] Neat; spruce. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Compter (?), n. A counter. [Obs.] Shak.
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Compte rendu (?). [F.] A report of an officer or agent.
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Comptible (?), a. [See , v. t.] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.]
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I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak.
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Comptly (?), adv. Neatly. [Obs.] Sherwood.
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Comptograph (?), n. [F. compter to count + -graph.] A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum. An older term for an .
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Comptometer (?), n. [See ; .] A calculating machine; an arithmometer.
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Comptrol (?), n. & v. See .
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Comptroler (?), n. A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
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Compulsative (?), a. [From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See .] Compulsatory. [R.] Shak.
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Compulsatively, adv. By compulsion. [R.]
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Compulsatory (?), a. Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. [R.]
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To recover of us, by strong hand
And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands. Shak.
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Compulsion (?), n. [L. compulsio. See .] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
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If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. Shak.
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With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low. Milton.

Syn. -- See .
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Compulsive (?), a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
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Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp.
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Compulsively, adv. By compulsion; by force.
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Compulsorily (?), adv. In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.
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Compulsory (?), a. [LL. compulsorius.] 1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
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2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
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This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. Burke.
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Compunct (?), a. [LL. compunctus, p. p.] Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken. [Obs.]
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Compunction (?), n. [OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See .] 1. A pricking; stimulation. [Obs.]
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That acid and piercing spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne.
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2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.
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He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon.

Syn. -- , , . Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offended God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See .
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Compunctionless, a. Without compunction.
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Compunctious (?), a. Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.
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That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose. Shak.
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Compunctiously, adv. With compunction.
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Compunctive (?), a. Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Compurgation (?), n. [L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t.] 1. (Law) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See ; also Wager of law, under .
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2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.
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He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. Bp. Hacket.
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Compurgator (?), n. [LL.] One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See ; also Wager of law, under .
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All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators. Chillingworth.
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Compurgatorial (?), a. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. “Their compurgatorial oath.” Milman.
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Computable (?), a. [L. computabilis.] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.
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Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.

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Computation (?), n. [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.] 1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
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By just computation of the time. Shak.
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By a computation backward from ourselves. Bacon.
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2. The result of computation; the amount computed.
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3. (Computers) The process of performing arithmetical or logical operations, on data by an electronic device.
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Syn. -- Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.
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computational adj. 1. of or pertaining to computation (definition 3).
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2. accomplished by a computer{2} or computation{3}; as, computational linguistics; computational morphology.
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Compute (kŏmpūt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] [L. computare. See , v. t.] To determine by calculation; to reckon; to count.
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Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton.
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What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted. Burns.

Syn. -- To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See .
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Compute, n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Computer (kŏmpūtẽr), n. 1. One who computes.

2. (Computers) an electronic device for performing calculations automatically. It consists of a clock to provide voltage pulses to synchronize the operations of the devices within the computer, a central processing unit, where the arithmetical and logical operations are performed on data, a random-access memory, where the programs and data are stored for rapid access, devices to input data and output results, and various other peripheral devices of widely varied function, as well as circuitry to support the main operations. This modern sense of computer comprises the stored-program computers, in which multiple steps in a calculation may be stored within the computer itself as in a , and are then executed by the computer without further intervention of the operator. Different types of computer are variously called analog computer, number cruncher, number-cruncher, digital computer, and pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator, totalisator.
Syn. -- data processor, electronic computer, information processing system.
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3. (Computers) same as .
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computerize v. t. 1. to provide with computers; as, Our office is fully computerized now.
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2. to to store in a computer; as, a computerized dictionary.
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3. to cause (a function) to be carried out by a computer or computers; as, They computerized their order processing.
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computerized adj. stored, processed, or analyzed by computer.
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computer program n. a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most frequently a program. This term is used both for the written program (a document) and for its corresponding electronic version stored or executed on the computer. See ; as, Version 1.0 of the program had a serious bug that caused the computer to crash frequently..
Syn. -- program, program, computer programme.
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Computist (?), n. A computer{1}.
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Comrade (? or ?; 277), n. [Sp. camarada, fr. L. camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. .] A mate, companion, or associate.
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And turned my flying comrades to the charge. J. Baillie.
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I abjure all roofs, and choose . . .
To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shak.
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comradely adj. like a comrade; heartily friendly and congenial.
Syn. -- hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met.
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Comradery (?), n. [Cf. F. camarederie.] The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [R.]
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“Certainly”, said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker. W. D. Howells.
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Comradeship, n. The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.
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Comrogue (?), n. A fellow rogue. [Obs.]
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Comtism (? or ?), n. [Named after the French philosopher, Auguste Comte.] Positivism; the positive philosophy. See .
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Comtist (?), n. A disciple of Comte; a positivist.
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Con- (�). A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See .
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Con, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See .
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Con, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See , v. t. & i.] 1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]
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Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser.
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They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser.
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2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
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Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book. Wordsworth.
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I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke.
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Coloq. To con answer , to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- Coloq. To con thanks , to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.
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Con, v. t. [See .] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
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Conacre (?), v. t. To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [Ireland]
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Conacre, n. A system of letting a portion of a farm for a single crop. [Ireland] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. Mozley & W.
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Conakry prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Guinea. Population (2000) = 1,508,000.
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Conarium (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kwnarion.] (Anat.) The pineal gland.
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Conation (?), n. [L. conatio.] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
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Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill.
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Conative (? or ?), a. [See .] Of or pertaining to conation.
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This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Conatus (?), n. [L., fr. conatus, p. p. of conari to attempt.] A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.
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What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? Paley.
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Concamerate (kŏnkămẽrāt), v. t. [L. concameratus, p. p. of concamerare to arch over. See .] 1. To arch over; to vault.
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Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.
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2. To divide into chambers or cells. Woodward.
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Concameration (-āshŭn), n. [L. concameratio.] 1. An arch or vault.
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2. A chamber of a multilocular shell. Glanvill.
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Concatenate (kŏnkăt�nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating.] [L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See .] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.
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This all things friendly will concatenate. Dr. H. More
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Concatenation (-nāshŭn), n. [L. concatenatio.] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
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The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South.
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A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving.
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Concause (-k�z), n. A joint cause. Fotherby.
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