Chapter 317

Con`de*scend" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Condescended ; p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending .] [F. condescendre , LL. condescendere , fr. L. con- + descendere . See Descend .] 1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. " Condescend to men of low estate."

Rom. xii. 16.

Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands? Milton.

Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend , On these conditions, to become your friend. Dryden.

Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority.

Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. F. W. Robinson.

2. To consent. [Obs.]

All parties willingly condescended heruento. R. Carew.

Syn. -- To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.

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Con`de*scend"ence (?) , Con`de*scend"en*cy (?) , n. [Cf. F. condescendance .] Condescension. [Obs.]

Condescendingly <Xpage=298>

Con`de*scend"ing*ly (?) , adv. In a condescending manner.

Atterbury.

Condescension <Xpage=298>

Con`de*scen"sion (?) , n. [L. condescensio .] The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.

It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson.

Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.

Syn. -- Complaisance; courtesy; affability.

Condescent <Xpage=298>

Con`de*scent" (?) , n. [Cf. Condescend , Descent .] An act of condescension. [Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Condign <Xpage=298>

Con*dign" (?) , a. [F. condigne , L. condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See Deign , and cf. Digne .] 1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obs.]

Condign and worthy praise. Udall.

Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign . Spenser.

2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. " Condign censure."

Milman.

Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.

Condignity <Xpage=298>

Con*dig"ni*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. condignit\'82 .] (Scholastic Theol.) Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.

Such a worthiness of condignity , and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.

Condignly <Xpage=298>

Con*dign"ly (?) , adv. According to merit.

Condignness <Xpage=298>

Con*dign"ness , n. Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.

Condiment <Xpage=298>

Con"di*ment (?) , n. [L. condimentum , fr. condire . See Condite .] Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.

As for radish and the like, they are for condiments , and not for nourishment. Bacon.

Condisciple <Xpage=298>

Con`dis*ci"ple (?) , n. [L. condiscipulus . See Disciple .] A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. [R.]

Condite <Xpage=298>

Con"dite (?) , a. [L. conditus , p. p. of condire to preserve, pickle, season. See Recondite .] Preserved; pickled. [Obs.]

Burton.

Condite <Xpage=298>

Con*dite" (?) , v. t. To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Condition <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion (?) , n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio ) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show , point out , akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach , Token .] 1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak.

And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? Cowley.

The new conditions of life. Darwin.

2. Essential quality; property; attribute.

It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon.

3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]

The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.

4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

I had as lief take her dowry with this condition , to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak.

Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.

5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.

Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton.

Equation of condition . (Math.) See under Equation . -- On &or; Upon condition (that) , used for if in introducing conditional sentences. " Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him." Shak. -- Conditions of sale , the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

Syn. -- State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State .

Condition <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Conditioned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning .] 1. To make terms; to stipulate.

Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl.

2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

To think of a thing is to condition . Sir W. Hamilton.

Condition <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion , v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare . See Condition , n. ] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson.

2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study .

4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

McElrath.

<-- 5. train; acclimate. -->

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Con*di"tion*al (?) , a. [L. conditionalis .] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise .

Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.

2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense .

A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately.

The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.

Conditional <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion*al , n. 1. A limitation. [Obs.]</>

Bacon.

2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition.

Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals . L. H. Atwater.

Conditionality <Xpage=298>

Con*di`tion*al"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.

Conditionally <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion*al*ly (?) , adv. In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively.

Shak.

Conditionate <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion*ate (?) , a. [LL. conditionatus , p. p. See Condition , v. t. ] Conditional. [Obs.]

Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate . Bp. Hall.

Conditionate <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion*ate (?) , v. t. 1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [Obs.]

2. To put under conditions; to render conditional.

Conditioned <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tioned (?) , a. 1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man .

The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak.

2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.

Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conditionly <Xpage=298>

Con*di"tion*ly , adv. Conditionally. [Obs.]

Conditory <Xpage=298>

Con"di*to*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Conditories (#) . [L. conditorium , fr. condere to hide. See Recondite .] A repository for holding things; a hinding place.

Condog <Xpage=298>

Con*dog" (?; 115) , v. i. [A punning corruption of con cur .] To concur; to agree. [Burlesque]

&hand; This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree ; thus. "Agree; concurre, cohere, condog , condescend."

Cockeram.

Condolatory <Xpage=298>

Con*do"la*to*ry (?) , a. Expressing condolence.

Smart.

Condole <Xpage=298>

Con*dole" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Condoled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling .] [L. condolere ; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful .] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with .

Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.

Condole <Xpage=298>

Con*dole" , v. t. To lament or grieve over. [R.]

I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.

Condolement <Xpage=298>

Con*dole"ment (?) , n. 1. Condolence. "A pitiful condolement ."

Milton.

2. Sorrow; mourning; lamentation.

Shak.

Condolence <Xpage=298>

Con*do"lence (?) , n. [Cf. F. condol\'82ance .] Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

Their congratulations and their condolences . Steele.

A special mission of condolence . Macaulay.

Condoler <Xpage=298>

Con*dol"er (?) , n. One who condoles.

Condonation <Xpage=298>

Con`do*na"tion (?) , n. [L. condonatio a giving away.] 1. The act of condoning or pardoning.

2. (Law) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated.

Bouvier. Wharton.

Condone <Xpage=298>

Con*done" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Condoned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning .] [L. condonare , -donatum , to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate .] 1. To pardon; to forgive.

A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned . W. Black.

It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.

<-- 1b. to consider or treat as if harmless or trivial -->

2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.

Condor <Xpage=298>

Con"dor (?) , n. [Sp. condor , fr. Peruvian cuntur .] (Zo\'94l.) A very large bird of the Vulture family ( Sarcorhamphus gryphus ), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.

<-- also California condor -->

Condottiere <Xpage=298>

Con`dot*tie"re (?) , n. ; pl. Condottieri (#) . [It., captain.] A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

Conduce <Xpage=298>

Con*duce" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Conduced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing .] [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n. , Cond .] To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay.

The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.

Syn. -- To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.

Conduce <Xpage=298>

Con*duce" , v. t. To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]

He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.

Conducent <Xpage=298>

Con*du"cent (?) , a. [L. conducens , p. pr.] Conducive; tending.

Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud.

Conducibility <Xpage=298>

Con*du"ci*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.

Bp. Wilkins.

Conducible <Xpage=298>

Con*du"ci*ble (?) , a. [L. conducibilis .] Conducive; tending; contributing.

Bacon.

All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them. Bentley.

Conducibleness <Xpage=298>

Con*du"ci*ble*ness , n. Quality of being conducible.

Conducibly <Xpage=298>

Con*du"ci*bly , adv. In a manner to promote. [R.]

Conducive <Xpage=298>

Con*du"cive (?) , a. Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

However conducive to the good or our country. Addison.

Conduciveness <Xpage=298>

Con*du"cive*ness , n. The quality of conducing.

Conduct <Xpage=298>

Con"duct (?) , n. [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus , p. p. of conducere . See Conduce , and cf. Conduit .] 1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley.

The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham.

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct of armies is a prince's art. Waller.

Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed. Robertson.

3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]

I will be your conduct . B. Jonson.

In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak.

4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]

Although thou been conduct of my chame. Shak.

5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay.

What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? Dryden.

6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

The book of Job, in conduct and diction. Macaulay.

Conduct money (Naut.) , a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

Syn. -- Behavior; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See Behavior .

Conduct <Xpage=298>

Con*duct" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conducted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting .] [See Conduct , n. ] 1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton.

2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom .

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott.

3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well .

4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

Conduct <Xpage=298>

Con*duct" , v. i. 1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]

Conductibility <Xpage=298>

Con*duct`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. conductibilit\'82 .] 1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity .

2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

Conductible <Xpage=298>

Con*duct"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of being conducted.

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Conduction <Xpage=299>

Con*duc"tion (?) , n. [L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction .] 1. The act of leading or guiding.

Sir W. Raleigh.

2. The act of training up. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.