Compunctive Comˇpunc"tive adjective Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor.

Compurgation Com`purˇga"tion noun [ Latin compurgatio , from compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, transitive verb ] 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 Purgation ; also Wager of law , under Wager .

2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.

He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation .
Bp. Hacket.

Compurgator Com"purˇga`tor noun [ Late Latin ] One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation ; also Wager of law , under Wager .

All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators .
Chillingworth.

Compurgatorial Comˇpur`gaˇto"riˇal adjective Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. "Their compurgatorial oath." Milman.

Computable Comˇput"aˇble adjective [ Latin computabilis .] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.

Not easily computable by arithmetic.
Sir M. Hale.

Computation Com`puˇta"tion noun [ Latin computatio : confer French computation .] 1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

By just computation of the time.
Shak.

By a computation backward from ourselves.
Bacon.

2. The result of computation; the amount computed.

Syn. -- Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.

Compute Comˇpute" (kŏm*pūt") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Computed ; present participle & verbal noun Computing .] [ Latin computare . See Count , transitive verb ] To determine by calculation; to reckon; to count.

Two days, as we compute the days of heaven.
Milton.

What's done we partly may compute ,
But know not what's resisted.
Burns.

Syn. -- To calculate; number; count; reckon; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate .

Compute Comˇpute" noun [ Latin computus : confer French comput .] Computation. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Computer Comˇput"er (-pūt"ẽr) noun One who computes.

Computist Com"puˇtist noun A computer.

Comrade Com"rade noun [ Spanish camarada , from Latin camara , a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: confer French camarade . Confer Chamber .] A mate, companion, or associate.

And turned my flying comrades to the charge.
J. Baillie.

I abjure all roofs, and choose . . .
To be a comrade with the wolf and owl.
Shak.

Comradery Com"radeˇry noun [ Confer French camarederie .] The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [ R.]

"Certainly", said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker.
W. D. Howells.

Comradeship Com"radeˇship noun The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

Comrogue Com"rogue` noun A fellow rogue. [ Obsolete]

Comtism Com"tism noun [ Named after the French philosopher, Auguste Comte .] Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism .

Comtist Com"tist noun A disciple of Comte; a positivist.

Con Con adverb [ Abbrev. from Latin contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro , and usually in connection with it. See Pro .

Con Con transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conned ; present participle & verbal noun Conning .] [ Anglo-Saxon cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can , transitive verb & i. ] 1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [ Obsolete]

Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill.
Spenser.

They say they con to heaven the highway.
Spenser.

2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

Fixedly did look
Upon the muddy waters which he conned
As if he had been reading in a book.
Wordsworth.

I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson.
Burke.

To con answer , to be able to answer. [ Obsolete] -- To con thanks , to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Con Con transitive verb [ See Cond .] (Nautical) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Con- Con- A prefix, from Latin cum , signifying with , together , etc. See Com- .

Conacre Conˇa"cre transitive verb To underlet a portion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [ Ireland]

Conacre Conˇa"cre noun 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.

Conarium Coˇna"riˇum noun [ New Latin , from Greek kwna`rion .] (Anat.) The pineal gland.

Conation Coˇna"tion noun [ Latin conatio .] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Of conation , in other words, of desire and will.
J. S. Mill.

Conative Co"naˇtive adjective [ See Conatus .] Of or pertaining to conation.

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.

Conatus Coˇna"tus noun [ Latin , from conatus , past participle of conari to attempt.] A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.

What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece?
Paley.

Concamerate Conˇcam"erˇate (kŏn*kăm"ẽr*āt) transitive verb [ Latin concameratus , past participle of concamerare to arch over. See Camber .] 1. To arch over; to vault.

Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone.
Grew.

2. To divide into chambers or cells. Woodward.

Concameration Conˇcam`erˇa"tion (-ā"shŭn) noun [ Latin concameratio .] 1. An arch or vault.

2. A chamber of a multilocular shell. Glanvill.

Concatenate Conˇcat"eˇnate (kŏn*kăt"e*nāt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Concatenated ; present participle & verbal noun Concatenating .] [ Latin concatenatus , past participle of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate .] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

This all things friendly will concatenate .
Dr. H. More

Concatenation Conˇcat`eˇna"tion (-nā"shŭn) noun [ Latin concatenatio .] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will.
South.

A concatenation of explosions.
W. Irving.

Concause Conˇcause" (-kaz") noun A joint cause. Fotherby.

Concavation Con`caˇva"tion (kŏn`kȧ*vā"shŭn) noun The act of making concave.

Concave Con"cave (kŏn*kā*v" or kŏn"-; 277) adjective [ Latin concavus ; con- + cavus hollow: confer French concave . See Cave 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.

2. Hollow; void of contents. [ R.]

As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut.
Shak.

Concave Con"cave noun [ Latin concavum .] 1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Up to the fiery concave towering hight.
Milton.

2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Concave Con"cave transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle concaved ; present participle & verbal noun Concaving .] To make hollow or concave.

Concaved Con"caved adjective (Her.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched .

Concaveness Con"caveˇness noun Hollowness; concavity.

Concavity Conˇcav"iˇty noun ; plural Concavities . [ Latin concavitas : confer French concavité . See Concave .] A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

Concavo-concave Conˇca`vo-con"cave adjective Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Concavo-convex Conˇca`vo-con"vex adjective 1. Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.

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 Lens .

Concavous Conˇcaˇ"vous adjective [ Latin concavus .] Concave. Abp. potter.

-- Con*ca"vous*ly , adverb

Conceal Conˇceal" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Concealed ; present participle & verbal noun Concealing .] [ Old French conceler , Latin concelare ; con- + celare to hide; akin to Anglo-Saxon helan , G. hehlen, English hele ( to cover ), helmet . See Hell , Helmet .] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.
Prov. xxv. 2.

Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not.
Jer. l. 2.

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 Conceal , Hide , Disguise , Dissemble , Secrete . 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.

Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
Spenser.

Both dissemble deeply their affections.
Shak.

We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it.
Warburton.

Concealable Conˇceal"aˇble adjective Capable of being concealed.

Concealed Conˇcealed" adjective Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.

-- Con*ceal"ed*ly adverb -- Con*ceal"ed*ness , noun

Concealed weapons (Law) , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.

Concealer Conˇceal"er noun One who conceals.

Concealment Conˇceal"ment noun [ Old French concelement .] 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

But let concealment , like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek.
Shak.

Some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up awhile.
Shak.

2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

The cleft tree
Offers its kind concealment to a few.
Thomson.

3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [ Obsolete]

Well read in strange concealments .
Shak.

4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton.

Concede Conˇcede" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conceded ; present participle & verbal noun Conceding .] [ Latin concedere , concessum ; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: confer French concéder . See Cede .] 1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. Boyle.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

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

Syn. -- To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.

Concede Conˇcede" intransitive verb To yield or make concession.

I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
Burke.

Conceit Conˇceit" noun [ Through French, from Latin conceptus a conceiving, conception, from concipere to conceive: confer Old French past participle nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive , and confer Concept , Deceit .] 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous.
Bacon.

A man wise in his own conceit .
Prov. xxvi. 12.

2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit . [ Obsolete]

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.

3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet.
Shak.

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.

On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit .
L'Estrange.

Some to conceit alone their works confine,
And glittering thoughts struck out at every line.
Pope.

Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
Dryden.

5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

Plumed with conceit he calls aloud.
Cotton.

6. Design; pattern. [ Obsolete] Shak.

In conceit with , in accord with; agreeing or conforming. -- Out of conceit with , not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. -- To put [ one] out of conceit with , to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

Conceit Conˇceit" transitive verb To conceive; to imagine. [ Archaic]

The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so.
South.

One of two bad ways you must conceit me,
Either a coward or a flatterer.
Shak.

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