Chapter 72

||Con"signe (?), n. [F.] (Mil.) (a) A countersign; a watchword. (b) One who is orders to keep within certain limits.

Con`sign*ee" (?; 277), n. [F. consign&?;, p. p. of consigner.] The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

Con*sign"er (?), n. One who consigns. See Consignor.

Con`sig*nif"i*cant (?), a. Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.] Spelman.

Con*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. Joint signification. [R.]

Con`sig*nif"i*ca*tive (?), a. Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]

Con*sig"ni*fy (?), v. t. [Pref. con- + sognify.] To signify or denote in combination with something else.

The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures. Horne Tooke.

Con*sign"ment (?), n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation.

2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.

3. (Com.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance.

To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

4. The writing by which anything is consigned.

Con*sign"or (? or &?;; 277), n. One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [Written also consigner.]

Con*sil"i*ence (?), n. [con- + salire to leap.] Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.

The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.

{ Con`si*mil"i*tude (?), Con`si*mil"i*ty (?) }, n. [Cf. F. consimilitude. See Similitude.] Common resemblance. [Obs.] Aubrey.

Con*sist" (k&obreve;n*s&ibreve;st"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consisting.] [L. consistere to stand still or firm; con- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, stare to stand: cf. F. consister. See Stand.] 1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. i. 17.

2. To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.

The land would consist of plains and valleys. T. Burnet.

3. To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.

If their purgation did consist in words. Shak.

A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke xii. 15.

4. To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.

This was a consisting story. Bp. Burnet.

Health consists with temperance alone. Pope.

For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist. Milton.

5. To insist; -- followed by on. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- To Consist, Consist of, Consist in. The verb consist is employed chiefly for two purposes, which are marked and distinguished by the prepositions used. When we wish to indicate the parts which unite to compose a thing, we use of; as when we say, "Macaulay's Miscellanies consist chiefly of articles which were first published in the Edinburgh Review." When we wish to indicate the true nature of a thing, or that on which it depends, we use in; as, "There are some artists whose skill consists in a certain manner which they have affected." "Our safety consists in a strict adherence to duty."

{ Con*sist"ence (k&obreve;n*s&ibreve;s"tens), Con*sist"en*cy (-s&ibreve;s"ten*s&ybreve;) }, n. [Cf. F. consistance.] 1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon.

We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor.

The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burnet.

2. A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.

Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. Arbuthnot.

3. That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members. Milton.

4. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. South.

5. Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.

That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. Addison.

Consistency, thou art a jewel. Popular Saying.

Con*sist"ent (?), a. [L. consistens, p. pr.: cf. F. consistant.] 1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey.

2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.

Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope.

With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.

It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator. Macaulay.

Con*sist"ent*ly, adv. In a consistent manner.

Con`sis*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. consistorial.] Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.

Con`sis*to"rian (?), a. Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.

You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.

Con*sis"to*ry (? or ?; 277) n.; pl. Consistories (#). [L. consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F. consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist.] 1. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

To council summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy consistory. Milton.

2. (Eng. Ch.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook.

3. (R. C. Ch.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory. Bacon.

4. A church tribunal or governing body.

&fist; In some churches, as the Dutch Reformed in America, a consistory is composed of the minister and elders of an individual church, corresponding to a Presbyterian church session, and in others, as the Reformed church in France, it is composed of ministers and elders, corresponding to a presbytery. In some Lutheran countries it is a body of clerical and lay officers appointed by the sovereign to superintend ecclesiastical affairs.

5. A civil court of justice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Con*sis"to*ry, a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory. "To hold consistory session." Strype.

Con*so"ci*ate (?), n. [L. consociatus, p. p. of consociare to associate, unite; con- + sociare to join, unite. See Social.] An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] "Wicked consociates." Bp. Hall.

Con*so"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consociated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Consociating.] 1. To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite. [R.]

Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds. Mallet.

2. To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

Con*so"ci*ate, v. i. 1. To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.

2. To form an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

Con*so`ci*a"tion (?), n. [L. consociatio.] 1. Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

A friendly consociation with your kindred elements. Warburton.

2. A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and co÷peration in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.

&fist; In Connecticut some of the Congregational churhes are associated in consociations and the others in conferences.

Con*so`ci*a"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a consociation. [U.S.]

Con*sol"a*ble (?), a. [L. consolabilis: cf. F. consolable.] Capable of receiving consolation.

Con"so*late (?), v. t. [L. consolatus, p. p. See Console, v. t.] To console; to comfort. [Obs.] Shak.

Con`so*la"tion (?), n. [L. consolatio: cf. F. consolation.] The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.

Against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed. Milton.

Are the consolations of God small with thee? Job xv. 11.

Syn. -- Comfort; solace; allevation. See Comfort.

||Con`so*la"to del ma"re (?). [It., the consulate of the sea.] A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws. Kent. Bouvier.

Con"so*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who consoles or comforts. Johnson.

Con*sol"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. consolatorius.] Of a consoling or comforting nature.

The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. Burke.

Con*sol"a*to*ry, n. That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. [R.] Milton.

Con*sole" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Consoling.] [L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See Solace.] To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

And empty heads console with empty sound. Pope.

I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. P. Henry.

Syn. -- To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage; support. See Comfort.

Con"sole (?), n. [F.] (Arch.) (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height. (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table.

Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs.

Con*sol"er (?), n. One who gives consolation.

Con*sol"i*dant (?), a. [L. consolidans, p. pr. of consolidare: cf. F. consolidant.] Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.

Con*sol"i*date (?), a. [L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.] Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.]

A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot.

Con*sol"i*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consolidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Consolidating (?).] 1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

He fixed and consolidated the earth. T. Burnet.

2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.

Consolidating numbers into unity. Wordsworth.

3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.]

Syn. -- To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.

Con*sol"i*date, v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.

In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. Bacon.

Con*sol"i*da`ted (?), p. p. & a. 1. Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified.

The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] consolidated. Rees.

A mass of partially consolidated mud. Tyndall.

2. (Bot.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.

Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. Gray.

The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc.

Con*sol`i*da"tion (?), n. [L. consolidatio a confirming: cf. F. consolidation.] 1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. Woodward.

The consolidation of the great European monarchies. Hallam.

2. (Bot.) To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

3. (Law) The combination of several actions into one.

Con*sol"i*da*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. consolidatif.] Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.

Con*sol"ing (?), a. Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news.

Con"sols (? or &?;; 277), n. pl. [A contraction of consolidated (annuities).] The leading British funded government security.

&fist; A considerable part of the public debt of Great Britian, which had been contracted in the form of annuities yielding various rates of interest, was, in 1757, consolidated into one fund at 3 per cent interest, the account of which is kept at the Bank of England. This debt has been diminished and increased at different times, and now constitutes somewhat more than half of the entire national debt. The stocks are transferable, and Their value in the market constantly fluctuates; the price at any time being regarded as a gauge of the national prosperity and public confidence.

||Con`som`m"Ú (?), n. [F., lit. p. p. of consommer to finish.] (Cookery) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

{ Con"so*nance (?), Con"so*nan*cy (?) }, n. [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.] 1. (Mus.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. Hammond.

The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. Tyndall.

3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.]

By the consonancy of our youth. Shak.

Syn. -- Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.

Con"so*nant (?), a. [L. consonans, -antis; p. pr. of consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.] 1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.

Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge.

That where much is given there shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.

2. Having like sounds.

Consonant words and syllables. Howell.

3. (Mus.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.

4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. T. Moore.

Con"so*nant, n. [L. consonans, -antis.] An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound.

Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes, spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of them are sounds uttered through a closer position of the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are capable of being used as if vowels, and forming syllables with other closer consonants, as in the English feeble (-b'l), taken (-k'n). All the consonants excepting the mutes may be indefinitely, prolonged in utterance without the help of a vowel, and even the mutes may be produced with an aspirate instead of a vocal explosion. Vowels and consonants may be regarded as the two poles in the scale of sounds produced by gradual approximation of the organ, of speech from the most open to the closest positions, the vowel being more open, the consonant closer; but there is a territory between them where the sounds produced partake of the qualities of both.

&fist; "A consonant is the result of audible friction, squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main distinction between vowels and consonants is, that while in the former the mouth configuration merely modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an essential element of the vowels, in consonants the narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis is something secondary." H. Sweet.

Con`so*nan"tal (?), a. Of the nature of a consonant; pertaining to consonants.

Con"so*nant*ize (?), v. t. To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.

Con"so*nant*ly, adv. In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

Con"so*nant*ness, n. The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Con"so*nous (?), a. [L. consonus. See Consonant.] Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

Con*so`pi*a"tion (?), n. The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. [Obs.] Pope.

Con"so*pite (k&obreve;n"s&osl;*pīt), a. [L. consopitus, p. p. of consopire.] Lulled to sleep. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Con"so*pite, v. t. To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose. [Obs.]

The operation of the masculine faculties of the soul were, for a while, well slacked and consopited. Dr. H. More.

Con"sort (k&obreve;n"s˘rt), n. [L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot, fate, share. See Sort.] 1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. Milton.

He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. Dryden.

The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. Thakeray.

The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. Darwin.

2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.

3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare.

Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. Atterbury.

4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. [Obs.]

In one consort' there sat Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. Spenser.

Lord, place me in thy consort. Herbert.

5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] Milton.

To make a sad consort'; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. Spenser.

Prince consort, the husband of a queen regnant. -- Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.

Con*sort" (k&obreve;n*s˘rt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consorting.] To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.

Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? Dryden.

Con*sort", v. t. 1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

He with his consorted Eve. Milton.

For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. Spenser.

He begins to consort himself with men. Locke.

2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. Shak.

Con*sort"a*ble (k&obreve;n*s˘rt"&adot;*b'l), a. Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Con*sor"tion (k&obreve;n*s˘r"shŭn), n. [L. consortio.] Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Con"sort*ship (k&obreve;n"s˘rt*sh&ibreve;p), n. The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.

Con"sound (-sound), n. [Corrupted fr. F. consoude, fr L. consolida comfrey (so called because supposed to have healing power); con- + solidus solid, consolidare to make solid. Cf. Comfrey, Consolidate.] (Bot.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.

Con`spe*cif"ic (k&obreve;n`sp&esl;*s&ibreve;f"&ibreve;k), a. Of the same species.

Con`spec*tu"i*ty (- sp&ebreve;k*tū"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. Conspectuities (-t&ibreve;z). The faculty of seeing; sight; eye. [A word of Menenius's making. Coriolanus ii. 1.] Shak.

Con*spec"tus (k&obreve;n*sp&ebreve;k"tŭs), n. A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.

Con*sper"sion (?), n. [L. conspersio, fr. conspergere to sprinkle.] The act of sprinkling. [Obs.]

The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor.

Con`spi*cu"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness. [R.] Chapman.

Con*spic"u*ous (?), a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy] 1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton.

Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. Sir W. Scott.

2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault.

A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent; celebrated. See Distinguished.

-- Con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*spic"u*ous*ness, n.

Con*spir"a*cy (?), n.; pl. Conspiracies (#). [See Conspiration.] 1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.

When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point. Chaucer.

They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19.

I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. Shak.

2. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.

A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things. Sir P. Sidney.

3. (Law) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.

Syn. -- Combination; plot; cabal.

Con*spir"ant (?), a. [L. conspirans, p. pr. of conspirare: cf. F. conspirant.] Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring. [Obs.] Shak.

Con`spi*ra"tion (?), n. [F. conspiration, L. conspiratio.] Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy. [R.]

As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a conspiration. Udall.