Conceit Con·ceit" intransitive verb To form an idea; to think. [ Obsolete]
Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.
Milton.
Conceited Con·ceit"ed adjective 1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [ Obsolete]
He was . . . pleasantly conceited , and sharp of wit.
Knolles.
2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain. If you think me too conceited
Or to passion quickly heated.
Swift.
Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
Bentley.
3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [ Obsolete]
A conceited chair to sleep in.
Evelyn.
Syn. -- Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.
Conceitedly Con·ceit"ed·ly adverb 1. In an egotistical manner. 2. Fancifully; whimsically.
Conceitedness Con·ceit"ed·ness noun The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.
Conceitless Con·ceit"less adjective Without wit; stupid. [ Obsolete]
Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless .
To be seduced by thy flattery?
Shak.
Conceivable Con·ceiv"a·ble adjective [ Confer French
concevable .]
Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. "Any
conceivable weight."
Bp. Wilkins. It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed.
Atterbury.
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Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Con*ceiv"a*bly ,
adverb
Conceive Con·ceive" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Conceived ;
present participle & verbal noun Conceiving .] [ Old French
conzoivre ,
concever ,
conceveir , French
concevoir , from Latin
oncipere to take, to conceive;
con- +
capere to seize or take. See
Capable , and confer
Conception .]
1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of. She hath also conceived a son in her old age.
Luke i. 36.
2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope. 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.
Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Is. lix. 13.
3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I
conceive you."
Hawthorne. O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart
Cannot conceive nor name thee!
Shak.
You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate.
Swift.
Syn. -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.
Conceive Con·ceive" intransitive verb 1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant. A virgin shall conceive , and bear a son.
Isa. vii. 14.
2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of . Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures.
I. Watts.
Conceiver Con·ceiv"er noun One who conceives.
Concelebrate Con·cel"e·brate transitive verb [ Latin
concelebratus , past participle of
concelebrare to concelebrate.]
To celebrate together. [ Obsolete]
Holland.
Concent Con·cent" noun [ Latin
concentus , from
concinere to sing together;
con- +
canere to sing.]
1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. [ Archaic.]
Bacon. That undisturbed song of pure concent .
Milton.
2. Consistency; accordance. [ Obsolete]
In concent to his own principles.
Atterbury.
Concenter, Concentre Con·cen"ter, Con·cen"tre intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Concentered or
Concentred ;
p. pr & verbal noun Concentering or
Concentring ] [ French
concentrer , from Latin
con- +
centrum center. See
Center , and confer
Concentrate ]
To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter .
Bp. Beveridge.
Concenter, Concentre Con·cen"ter, Con·cen"tre transitive verb To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate. In thee concentering all their precious beams.
Milton.
All is concentered in a life intense.
Byren.
Concentrate Con·cen"trate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Concentrated ;
present participle & verbal noun Concentrating .] [ Prefix
con- + Latin
centrum center. Confer
Concenter .]
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. (He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.
Motley.
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 . Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength.
Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
Concentrate Con·cen"trate intransitive verb To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
Concentration Con`cen·tra"tion noun [ Confer French
concentration .]
1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration. Concentration of the lunar beams.
Boyle.
Intense concetration of thought.
Sir J. Herschel.
2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration .
Knight.
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.
Concentrative Con·cen"tra·tive adjective Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration. A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Concentrativeness Con·cen"tra·tive·ness noun 1. The quality of concentrating. 2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe.
Concentrator Con"cen·tra`tor noun (Mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.
Concentrator Con"cen·tra`tor noun (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.
Concentric Con·cen"tric noun That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics .
Coleridge.
Concentric, Concentrical Con·cen"tric, Con·cen"tric·al adjective [ French
concentrique . See
Concenter .]
Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another. Concentric circles upon the surface of the water.
Sir I. Newton.
Concentrical rings like those of an onion.
Arbuthnot.
Concentrically Con·cen"tric·al·ly adverb In a concentric manner.
Concentricity Con`cen·tric"i·ty noun The state of being concentric.
Concentual Con·cen"tu·al adjective [
From Concent .]
Possessing harmony; accordant. [ R.]
Warton.
Concept Con"cept noun [ Latin
conceptus (cf. neut.
conceptum fetus), past participle of
concipere to conceive: confer French
concept . See
Conceit .]
An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal. 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.
Conceptacle Con·cep"ta·cle noun [ Latin
conceptaculum , from
concipere to receive. See
Conceive .]
1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [ Obsolete]
Woodward. 2. (Botany) (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.
Conceptibility Con·cep`ti·bil"i·ty noun The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth.
Conceptible Con·cep"ti·ble adjective [ See
Conceive .]
Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale.
Conception Con·cep"tion noun [ French
conception , Latin
conceptio , from
concipere to conceive. See
Conceive .]
1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life. I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy conception .
Gen. iii. 16.
2. The state of being conceived; beginning. Joy had the like conception in our eyes.
Shak.
3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception. 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.
4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension. 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.
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 Concept . 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.
6. Idea; purpose; design. Note this dangerous conception .
Shak.
7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [ Obsolete]
He . . . is full of conceptions , points of epigram, and witticism.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.
Conceptional Con·cep"tion·al adjective Pertaining to conception.
Conceptionalist Con·cep"tion·al·ist noun A conceptualist.
Conceptious Con·cep"tious adjective Apt to conceive; fruitful. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Conceptive Con·cep"tive adjective [ Confer French
conceptif , Latin
conceptivus .]
Capable of conceiving. Sir T. Browne
Conceptual Con·cep"tu·al adjective Pertaining to conception.
Conceptualism Con·cep"tu·al·ism noun (Metaph.) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. Stewart.
Conceptualist Con·cep"tu·al·ist noun (Metaph.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart.
Concern Con·cern" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Concerned ;
present participle & verbal noun Concerning .] [ French
concerner , Late Latin
concernere to regard, concern, from Latin
concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating;
con- +
cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes, to perceive, see. See
Certain .]
1. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to. Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts xxviii. 31.
Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation.
Addison.
It much concerns a preacher first to learn
The genius of his audience and their turn.
Dodsley.
Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned .
J. F. Cooper.
2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor.
Rogers.
Concern Con·cern" intransitive verb To be of importance. [ Obsolete]
Which to deny concerns more than avails.
Shak.
Concern Con·cern" noun 1. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair. The private concerns of fanilies.
Addison.
2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment. Mysterious secrets of a high concern .
Roscommon.
3. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety. O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns
And gentle wishes follow me to battle.
Addison.
4. (Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern . The whole concern ,
all connected with a particular affair or business. Syn. -- Care; anxiety; solicitude; interest; regard; business; affair; matter; moment. See
Care .
Concerned Con·cerned" adjective [ See
Concern ,
transitive verb , 2.]
Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.
Concernedly Con·cern"ed·ly adverb In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.
Concerning Con·cern"ing preposition Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards. I have accepted thee concerning this thing.
Gen. xix. 21.
The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Num. x. 29.
Concerning Con·cern"ing adjective Important. [ Archaic]
So great and so concerning truth.
South.
Concerning Con·cern"ing noun 1. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. "Our everlasting
concernments ."
I. Watts. To mix with thy concernments I desist.
Milton.
2. Importance; moment; consequence. Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Concern; participation; interposition. He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence.
Clarendon.
4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety. While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment .
Dryden.
Concert Con·cert" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Concerted ;
present participle & verbal noun Concerting .] [ French
concerter , Italian
concertare ,
conertare , probably from Latin
consertus , past participle of
conserere to join together;
con- +
serere to join together, influenced by
concertare to contend;
con- +
centare to strive; properly, to try to decide; from
cernere to distinguish. See
Series , and confer
Concern .]
1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
Bp. Burnet.
2. To plan; to devise; to arrange. A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the campaign.
Burke.
Concert Con·cert" intransitive verb To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans. The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot.
Bp. Burnet
Concert Con"cert (kŏn"sẽrt)
noun [ French
concert , Italian
concerto ,
conserto , from
concertare . See
Concert ,
transitive verb ]
1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert .
Swift.
2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord. Let us in concert to the season sing.
Cowper.
3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part. Visit by night your lady's chamber window
With some sweet concert .
Shak.
And boding screech owls make the concert full.
Shak.
Concert pitch .
See under Pitch .
Concert of Europe Concert of Europe or European concert An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern Question.
Concert of the powers Concert of the powers An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.
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