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I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all times to your will conformable. Shak.

3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact.

Con*form"a*ble*ness (?), n. The quality of being conformable; conformability.

Con*form"a*bly, adv. With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

Conformably to the law and nature of God. Bp. Beveridge.

Con*form"ance (?), n. Conformity. [R.] Marston.

Con*form"ate (?), a. [L. conformatus, p. p. See Conform.] Having the same form. [R.]

Con`for*ma"tion (?), n. [L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation.] 1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. I. Watts.

2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement.

In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences. Lowth.

A structure and conformation of the earth. Woodward.

Con*form"er (?), n. One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.

Con*form"ist, n. One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.

A cheeful conformist to your judgment. Jer.Taylor.

Con*form"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Conformities (#). [Cf. F. conformitÚ.] 1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

By our conformity to God. Tillotson.

The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. Dr. H.More.

A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. Addison.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.

The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. Hallam.

Con`for*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf. Comfort.] The act of strengthening. [Obs.] Bacon.

Con*found" (k&obreve;n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.] 1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. Locke.

Let us go down, and there confound their language. Gen. xi. 7.

2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. Macaulay.

3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall. Shak.

They trusted in thee and were not confounded. Ps. xxii. 5.

So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. Milton.

4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]

One man's lust these many lives confounds. Shak.

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? Shak.

Syn. -- To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

Con*found"ed, a. 1. Confused; perplexed.

A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth.

2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.]

He was a most confounded tory. Swift.

The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.

Con*found"ed*ly, adv. Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.

Con*found"ed*ness, n. The state of being confounded.

Their witty descant of my confoundedness. Milton.

Con*found"er (?), n. One who confounds.

Con"fract` (?), a. [L. confractus, p. p. of confringere.] Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.]

Con`fra*gose" (?), a. [L. confragosus; con- + fragosus, fr. frangere. See Fragile.] Broken; uneven. [Obs.] "Confragose cataracts." Evelyn.

Con`fra*ter"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Confraternities (#). [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternitÚ. See Fraternity.] A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

These live in one society and confraternity. Stow.

||Con`frere" (&?;), n. [F.] Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Con`fri*ca"tion (?), n. [L. confricatio, fr. confricare to rub vigorously.] A rubbing together; friction. [Obs.] Bacon.

Con*fri"er (?), n. [Cf. F. confrŔre. See Friar.] A confrŔre. [Obs.] Weever.

Con*front" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confronting.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.] 1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak.

He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden.

Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. Hawthorne.

It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. Macaulay.

2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. Addison.

Con`fron*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. confrontatio.] Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.

||Con`fron`tÚ" (&?;), a. [F., p. p. confronter.] (Her.) Same as AffrontÚ.

Con*front"er (?), n. One who confronts.

A confronter in authority. Speed.

confronting n. dealing with (a person or problem) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

Con*front"ment (?), n. The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Con*front"ment (?), n. The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

Con*fu"cian (?), a. Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher. -- n. A Confucianist.

Con*fu"cian*ism (?), n. The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god. S. W. Williams.

Con*fu"cian*ist, n. A follower of Confucius; a Confucian. S. W. Williams.

Con*fus (?), a. [F. See Confuse, a.] Confused, disturbed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Con*fus`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being confused.

Con*fus"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being confused.

Con*fuse" (?), a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See Confound.] Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] Baret.

Con*fuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confusing.] 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision.

A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. Milton.

2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession.

Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson.

Confused and sadly she at length replied. Pope.

Syn. -- To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See Abash.

Con*fus"ed*ly (?), adv. In a confused manner.

Con*fus"ed*ness, n. A state of confusion. Norris.

Con*fuse"ly (?), adv. Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs.]

Con*fu"sion (?), n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell.

Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. Shak.

2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.

Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. Spectator.

3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. Gray.

4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] Chapmen.

Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.

Con*fu"sive (?), a. Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.

Con*fut"a*ble (?), a. That may be confuted.

A conceit . . . confutable by daily experience. Sir T.Browne.

Con*fut"ant (?), n. [L. confutans, p. pr. of confutare.] One who undertakes to confute. Milton.

Con`fu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. confutatio: cf. F. confutation.] The act or process of confuting; refutation. "For the edification of some and the confutation of others." Bp. Horne.

Con*fut"a*tive (?), a. Adapted or designed to confute. Bp. Warburton

Con*fute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confuting.] [L. confutare to chek (a boiling liquid), to repress, confute; con- + a root seen in futis a water vessel), prob. akin to fundere to pour: cf. F. confuter. See Fuse to melt.] To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.

Satan stood . . . confuted and convinced Of his weak arguing fallacious drift. Milton.

No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . . grant some true principle that contradicts his error. Chillingworth.

I confute a good profession with a bad conversation. Fuller.

Syn. -- To disprove; overthrow; sed aside; refute; oppugn. -- To Confute, Refute. Refute is literally to and decisive evidence; as, to refute a calumny, charge, etc. Confute is literally to check boiling, as when cold water is poured into hot, thus serving to allay, bring down, or neutralize completely. Hence, as applied to arguments (and the word is never applied, like refute, to charges), it denotes, to overwhelm by evidence which puts an end to the case and leaves an opponent nothing to say; to silence; as, "the atheist is confuted by the whole structure of things around him."

Con*fute"ment (?), n. Confutation. [Obs.] Milton.

Con*fut"er (?), n. One who confutes or disproves.

Cong (?), n. (Med.) An abbreviation of Congius.

||Con`gÚ" (k˘N`zh&asl;"; E. k&obreve;n"jē; 277), n. [F., leave, permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare to go. Cf. Permeate.] [Formerly written congie.] 1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her congÚ? Thackeray.

2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy.

The captain salutes you with congÚ profound. Swift.

3. (Arch.) An apophyge. Gwilt.

||CongÚ d'Úlire (&?;) [F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive.

Con"ge (?), v. i. [Imp. & p. p. Congeed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Congeing.] [OF. congier, congeer, F. congÚdier, fr. congÚ. See CongÚ, n.] To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy.

I have congeed with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest. Shak.

Con"ge*a*ble (?), a. (O. Eng. Law) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable.

Con*geal" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See Gelid.] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.

A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. Thomson.

2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.

As if with horror to congeal his blood. Stirling.

Con*geal", v. i. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.

Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shak.

Con*geal"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. congelable.] Capable of being congealed. -- Con*geal"a*ble*ness, n.

Con*geal"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being congealed. Dr. H.More.

Con*geal"ment (?), n. 1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [Obs.]

Wash the congealment from your wounds. Shak.

Con"gee (?), n. & v. See CongÚ, Conge. [Obs.]

And unto her his congee came to take. Spenser.

Con*gee" (?), n. 1. [Tamil ka&?;shi boilings.] Boiled rice; rice gruel. [India]

2. A jail; a lockup. [India]

Congee discharges, rice water discharges. Dunglison. -- Congee water, water in which rice has been boiled.

Con`ge*la"tion (?), n. [F. congÚlation, L. congelatio.] 1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot.

2. The state of being congealed.

3. That which is congealed.

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller.

Con"ge*ner (?; 277), n. [From L. congener. See Congenerous.] A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

The cherry tree has been often grafted on the laurel, to which it is a congener. P. Miller.

Our elk is more polygamous in his habits than any other deer except his congener, the red deer of Europe. Caton.

Con*gen"er*a*cy (?), n. Similarity of origin; affinity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

{ Con`ge*ner"ic (?), Con`ge*ner"ic*al (?) }, a. Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. R. Owen.

Con*gen"er*ous (?), a. [L. congener; con- + genus, generis, birth, kind, race. See Genus, and cf. Congener.] Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

-- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Hallywell.

Con*gen"ial (&?;; 106), a. [Pref. con- + genial.] 1. Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

Congenial souls! whose life one avarice joins. Pope.

2. Naturally adapted; suited to the disposition. "Congenial clime." C. J. Fox.

To defame the excellence with which it has no sympathy . . . is its congenial work. I. Taylor.

Con*ge`ni*al"i*ty (? 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperŠmic; -- said of any part of the body.

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 hyperŠmia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

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

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.

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

||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.]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

{ 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.

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

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

With like joy Congratulant approached him. Milton.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.