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Concavation (kŏṉkȧvāshŭn), n. The act of making concave.
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Concave (kŏṉkāv or kŏn-; 277), a. [L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See a hollow.] 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.
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2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.]
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As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut.
Shak.
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Concave, n. [L. concavum.] 1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.
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Up to the fiery concave towering hight.
Milton.
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2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.
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Concave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. concaved (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Concaving.] To make hollow or concave.
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Concaved (?), a. (Her.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
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Concaveness, n. Hollowness; concavity.
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Concavity (?), n.; pl. Concavities (#). [L. concavitas: cf. F. concavité. See .] A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.
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Concavo-concave (?), a. Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.
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Concavo-convex (?), a. 1. Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.
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2. (Optics) Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under .
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Concavous (?), a. [L. concavus.] Concave. Abp. potter.
-- Concavously, adv.
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Conceal (kŏnsēl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concealed (kŏnsēld); p. pr. & vb. n. Concealing.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See , .] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.
Prov. xxv. 2.
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Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not.
Jer. l. 2.
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He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . .
He that conceals him, death.
Shak.
Syn. -- To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. -- , , , , . To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal. See 1 Sam. iii. 17, 18. To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods.
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Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
Spenser.
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Both dissemble deeply their affections.
Shak.
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We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it.
Warburton.
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Concealable (?), a. Capable of being concealed.
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Concealed (?), a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.
-- Concealedly (�), adv. -- Concealedness, n.
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Coloq. Concealed weapons (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
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Concealer (?), n. One who conceals.
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Concealment (?), n. [OF. concelement.] 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.
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But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek.
Shak.
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Some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up awhile.
Shak.
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2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.
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The cleft tree
Offers its kind concealment to a few.
Thomson.
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3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.]
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Well read in strange concealments.
Shak.
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4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton.
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Concede (kŏnsēd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See .] 1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. Boyle.
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2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
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3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
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We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms.
Burke.
Syn. -- To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.
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Concede, v. i. To yield or make concession.
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I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
Burke.
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conceded adj. prenom. acknowledged. Opposite of unacknowledged.
Syn. -- admitted(prenominal), avowed(prenominal), confessed(prenominal), self-confessed(prenominal).
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conceding adj. signifying a concession. [prenominal]
Syn. -- concessive.
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conceding n. the act of conceding or yielding.
Syn. -- concession, yielding.
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Conceit (?), n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See , and cf. , .] 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
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In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
Bacon.
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A man wise in his own conceit.
Prov. xxvi. 12.
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2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.]
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How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.
Sir P. Sidney.
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3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
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His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
Shak.
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4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
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On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit.
L'Estrange.
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Some to conceit alone their works confine,
And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
Pope.
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Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
Dryden.
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5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
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Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
Cotton.
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6. Design; pattern. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. In conceit with , in accord with; agreeing or conforming. -- Coloq. Out of conceit with , not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. -- Coloq. To put [one] out of conceit with , to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.
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Conceit (?), v. t. To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]
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The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so.
South.
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One of two bad ways you must conceit me,
Either a coward or a flatterer.
Shak.
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Conceit, v. i. To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]
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Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.
Milton.
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Conceited, a. 1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]
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He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
Knolles.
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2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
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If you think me too conceited
Or to passion quickly heated.
Swift.
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Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
Bentley.
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3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.]
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A conceited chair to sleep in.
Evelyn.
Syn. -- Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.
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Conceitedly, adv. 1. In an egotistical manner.
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2. Fancifully; whimsically.
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Conceitedness, n. The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.
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Conceitless, a. Without wit; stupid. [Obs.]
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Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless.
To be seduced by thy flattery?
Shak.
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Conceivable (?), a. [Cf. F. concevable.] Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. “Any conceivable weight.” Bp. Wilkins.
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It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed.
Atterbury.
-- Conceivableness, n. -- Conceivably, adv.
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Conceive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + capere to seize or take. See , and cf. .] 1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.
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She hath also conceived a son in her old age.
Luke i. 36.
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2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.
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It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
Gibbon.
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Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Is. lix. 13.
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3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. “I conceive you.” Hawthorne.
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O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart
Cannot conceive nor name thee!
Shak.
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You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.
Swift.
Syn. -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.
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Conceive, v. i. 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.
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A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son.
Isa. vii. 14.
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2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.
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Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures.
I. Watts.
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Conceiver (?), n. One who conceives.
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Concelebrate (?), v. t. [L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.] To celebrate together. [Obs.] Holland.
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Concent (?), n. [L. concentus, fr. concinere to sing together; con- + canere to sing.] 1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. [Archaic.] Bacon.
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That undisturbed song of pure concent.
Milton.
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2. Consistency; accordance. [Obs.]
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In concent to his own principles.
Atterbury.
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{ Concenter, Concentre } (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred (�); p. pr & vb. n. Concentering (?) or Concentring (�).] [F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See , and cf. ] To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.
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God, in whom all perfections concenter.
Bp. Beveridge.
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{ Concenter, Concentre }, v. t. To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.
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In thee concentering all their precious beams.
Milton.
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All is concentered in a life intense.
Byren.
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Concentrate (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. .] 1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
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(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
Motley.
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2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
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Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength.
Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
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Concentrate (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
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concentrated adj. 1. Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore. [Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted)]
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2. Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite of distributed or diffused. [Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered; centered, centred, centralized, focused; undivided] [Also See: .]
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3. Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay.
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4. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Opposite of dilute or unsaturated. [Narrower terms: supersaturated]
Syn. -- saturated.
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5. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.
Syn. -- condensed.
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6. characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.
Syn. -- intensive.
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7. characterized by mental concentration.
Syn. -- intent.
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Concentration (?), n. [Cf. F. concentration.] 1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.
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Concentration of the lunar beams.
Boyle.
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Intense concetration of thought.
Sir J. Herschel.
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2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
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The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration.
Knight.
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3. (Metal.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
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Concentrative (?), a. Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.
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A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention.
Sir W. Hamilton.
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Concentrativeness, n. 1. The quality of concentrating.
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2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe.
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Concentrator (?), n. (Mining) 1. An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.
2. (Firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
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{ Concentric (?), Concentrical (?) }, a. [F. concentrique. See .] Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.
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Concentric circles upon the surface of the water.
Sir I. Newton.
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Concentrical rings like those of an onion.
Arbuthnot.
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Concentric, n. That which has a common center with something else.
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Its pecular relations to its concentrics.
Coleridge.
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Concentrically, adv. In a concentric manner.
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Concentricity (?), n. The state of being concentric.
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Concentual (?), a. [From .] Possessing harmony; accordant. [R.] Warton.
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Concept (?), n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See .] An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
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The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term.
Sir W. Hamilton.
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Conceptacle (?), n. [L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive. See .] 1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] Woodward.
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2. (Bot.) (a) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles. (b) One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.
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Conceptibility (?), n. The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth.
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Conceptible (?), a. [See .] Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale.
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Conception (?), n. [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr. concipere to conceive. See .] 1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.
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I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy conception.
Gen. iii. 16.
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2. The state of being conceived; beginning.
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Joy had the like conception in our eyes.
Shak.
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3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
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Under the article of conception, I shall confine myself to that faculty whose province it is to enable us to form a notion of our past sensations, or of the objects of sense that we have formerly perceived.
Stewart.
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4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.
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Conception consists in a conscious act of the understanding, bringing any given object or impression into the same class with any number of other objects or impression, by means of some character or characters common to them all.
Coleridge.
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5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See .
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He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to denote some more general and abstract conception than that of the visible operation which the word primarily signifies.
Whewell.
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6. Idea; purpose; design.
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Note this dangerous conception.
Shak.
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7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.]
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He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticism.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.
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