Chapter 320

Con*firm"a*ble (?) , a. That may be confirmed.

Confirmance <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"ance (?) , n. Confirmation. [Obs.]

Confirmation <Xpage=300>

Con`fir*ma"tion (?) , n. [F. confirmation , L. confirmatio .] 1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment .

Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Cowper.

2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak.

3. (Eccl.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

This ordinance is called confirmation , because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook.

4. (Law) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

Confirmative <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"a*tive (?) , a. [L. confirmativus : cf. F. confirmatif .] Tending confirm or establish.

Sherwood.

-- Con*firm"a*tive*ly , adv.

Confirmator <Xpage=300>

Con"fir*ma`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer.

Sir T. Browne.

Confirmatory <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"a*to*ry (?) , a. . Serving to confirm; corroborative.

A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor.

2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation.

Compton.

Confirmedly <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"ed*ly (?) , adv. With confirmation.

Confirmedness <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"ed*ness , n. A fixed state.

Confirmee <Xpage=300>

Con`fir*mee" (?) , n. [F. confirm<?/ , p.p. of confirmer .] (Law) One to whom anuthing is confirmed.

Confirmer <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates.

Shak.

Confirmingly <Xpage=300>

Con*firm"ing*ly , adv. In a confirming manner.

Confiscable <Xpage=300>

Con*fis"ca*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. confiscable .] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Confiscate <Xpage=300>

Con"fis*cate (? &or; <?/) , a. [L. confiscatus , p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal .] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate . Shak.

Confiscate <Xpage=300>

Con"fis*cate (? &or; <?/; 277) , v. t. [ imp & p. p. Confiscated ; p . pr & vb. n. Confiscating .] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.

Confiscation <Xpage=300>

Con`fis*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. confiscatio .] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam.

Confiscator <Xpage=300>

Con"fis*ca`tor (?) , n. [L., a treasurer.] One who confiscates.

Burke.

Confiscatory <Xpage=300>

Con*fis"ca*to*ry (?) , a. Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. " Confiscatory and exterminatory periods."

Burke.

Confit <Xpage=300>

Con"fit (?) , n. Same as Comfit . [Obs.]

Confitent <Xpage=300>

Con"fi*tent (?) , n. [L. confitens , p.pr.] One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]

Confiteor <Xpage=300>

Con*fit"e*or (?) , n. [L., I confess. See Confess .] (R.C.Ch.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Confiture <Xpage=300>

Con"fi*ture (? &or; <?/; 106) , n. The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness.

Sir J. Reynolds.

If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

Congenialize <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"ial*ize (?) , v. t. To make congenial. [R.]

Congenially <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"ial*ly , adv. In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed .

Congenialness <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"ial*ness , n. Congeniality.

Congenious <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"ious (?) , a. Congeneric. [Obs.]

Congenital <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"i*tal (?) , a. [From Congenite .] Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, a congenital deformity . See Connate .

Congenitally <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"i*tal*ly , dv. In a congenital manner.

Congenite <Xpage=300>

Con*gen"ite (?) , a. [L. congenitus ; con- + genitus , p.p. of gignere to beget. See Generate .] Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital . [Obs.]

Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us. Sir M. Hale.

Conger <Xpage=300>

Con"ger (?) , n. [L. conger , congrus , akin to Gr. <?/: cf. F. congre .] (Zo\'94l.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree .

Conger sea (Zo\'94l.) , the sea eel; a large species of eel ( Conger vulgaris ), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.

Congeries <Xpage=300>

Con*ge"ri*es (?) , n. sing & pl. [L., fr. congerere . See Congest .] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Congest <Xpage=300>

Con*gest" (#) , v. t. [L. congestus , p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere . See Gerund .]

1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

To what will thy congested guilt amount? Blackmore.

2. (Med.) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Congested <Xpage=300>

Con*gest"ed (?) , a. 1. (Bot.) Crowded together.

Gray.

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyper\'91mic; -- said of any part of the body.

Congestion <Xpage=300>

Con*ges"tion (?; 106) , n. [L. congestio: cf. F. congestion .] 1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.]

The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn.

2. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper<?/mic, active or passive; as, arterial congestion ; venous congestion ; congestion of the lungs.

Congestive <Xpage=300>

Con*gest"ive (?) , a. (Med.) Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever .

Congiary <Xpage=300>

Con"gi*a*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Congiaries (#) . [L. congiarium , fr. congius a liquid measure.] A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius .

Addison.

&hand; In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained.

Congius <Xpage=300>

Con"gi*us (?) , n. [L.] 1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong. ]

Conglaciate <Xpage=300>

Con*gla"ci*ate (?; 221) , v. t. & i. [L. conglaciatus , p.p. of conglaciare . See Glaciate .] To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Conglaciation <Xpage=300>

Con*gla`ci*a"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. conglaciation .] The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost.

Bacon.

Conglobate <Xpage=300>

Con*glo"bate (?; 277) , a. [L. conglobatus , p.p. of conglobare to conglobate. See Globate .] Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

Conglobate <Xpage=300>

Con*glo"bate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Conglobated ; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglobating .] [Cf. Conglore .] To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.

Conglobated bubbles undissolved. Wordsworth.

Conglobation <Xpage=300>

Con`glo*ba"tion (?) , n. [L. conglobatio : cf. F. conglobation .] 1. The act or process of forming into a ball.

Sir T. Browne.

2. A round body.

Conglobe <Xpage=300>

Con*globe" (#) , v. t. [ imp & p. p. Conglobed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing .] [L. conglobare : cf. F. conglober . Cf. Conglobate .] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.

Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton.

Conglobe <Xpage=300>

Con*globe" , v. i. To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass.

Milton.

Conglobulate <Xpage=300>

Con*glob"u*late (?) , v. i. [Pref. con- + globule .] To gather into a small round mass.

Conglomerate <Xpage=300>

Con*glom"er*ate (?) , a. [L. conglomeratus , p.p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate .] 1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light .

Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate . Bacon.

Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.

2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers .

Gray.

3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.

Conglomerate <Xpage=300>

Con*glom"er*ate (?) , n. 1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench.

2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate . See Breccia .

A conglomerate , therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell.

Conglomerate <Xpage=300>

Con*glom"er*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Conglomerated ; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglomerating .] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

Conglomeration <Xpage=300>

Con*glom`er*a"tion (?) , n. [L. conglomeratio : cf. F. conglomeration .] The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass.

Bacon.

Conglutin <Xpage=300>

Con*glu"tin (?) , n. [From Conglutinate .] (Chem.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.

Conglutinant <Xpage=300>

Con*glu"ti*nant (?) , a. [L., conglutinans , p.pr.] Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.

Conglutinate <Xpage=300>

Con*glu"ti*nate (?) , a. [L. conglutinatus , p.p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.] Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

Conglutinate <Xpage=300>

Con*glu"ti*nate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Conglutinated ; p.pr. & vb.n . Conglutinating.] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.

Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle.

Conglutinate <Xpage=300>

Con*glu"ti*nate , v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.

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Conglutination <Xpage=303>

Con*glu`ti*na"tion (?) , n. [L. conglutinatio : cf. F. conglutination .] A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.

Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot.

Conglutinative <Xpage=303>

Con*glu"ti*na"tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. conglutinatif .] Conglutinant.

Congou, Congo <Xpage=303>

Con"gou (?) , Con"go (?) , n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea .

Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou , or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.

Congo snake <Xpage=303>

Con"go snake" (?) . (Zo\'94l.) An amphibian ( Amphiuma means ) of the order Urodela , found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma .

Congratulant <Xpage=303>

Con*grat"u*lant (?) , a. [L. congratulans , p. pr.] Rejoicing together; congratulatory.

With like joy Congratulant approached him. Milton.

Congratulate <Xpage=303>

Con*grat"u*late (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Congratulated ; p.pr. & vb.n. Congratulating .] [L. congratulatus , p.p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful .] To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion. Shak.

To congratulate one's self , to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.

Syn. -- To Congratulate , Felicitate . To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event.

Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy. Trench.

Congratulate <Xpage=303>

Con*grat"u*late , v. i. To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country . [R.]

Swift.

The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves. Dryden.

Congratulation <Xpage=303>

Con*grat`u*la"tion (?) , n. [L. congratulatio : cf. F. congratulation .] The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure.

With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival. Dr. J. Scott.

Congratulator <Xpage=303>

Con*grat"u*la`tor (?) , n. One who offers congratulation.

Milton.

Congratulatory <Xpage=303>

Con*grat"u*la*to*ry (?) , a. Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter .

Congree <Xpage=303>

Con*gree" (?) , v. i. [Pref. on- + L. gratus pleasing. Cf. Agree .] To agree. [bs.]

Shak.

Congreet <Xpage=303>

Con*greet" (?) , v. t. To salute mutually. [Obs.]

Congregate <Xpage=303>

Con"gre*gate (?) , a. [L. congregatus , p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious .] Collected; compact; close. [R.]

Bacon.

Congregate <Xpage=303>

Con"gre*gate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Congregated ; p.pr. & vb.n. Congregating ] To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.

Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker.

Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge.

The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton.

Congregate <Xpage=303>

Con"gre*gate , v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet.

Even there where merchants most do congregate . Shak.

Congregation <Xpage=303>

Con`gre*ga"tion (?) , n. [L. congregatio : cf . F . congr\'82gation .] 1. The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.

2. A collection or mass of separate things.

A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. Shak.

3. An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.

He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations . Macaulay.

4. (Anc. Jewish Hist.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord .

It is a sin offering for the congregation . Lev. iv. 21.

5. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some departament of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda , which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church . (b) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.