Emily Dickinson Lexicon

conclusive, adj. [late L. conclūsīv-us; see conclude.]

Final; definitive; authoritative; official; fixed; immovable; widely accepted as correct.

concomitant, adj. [L. concomitānt-em.]

Accompanying; attendant; going together.

condemn (-ed), v. [ME condamner < L. condem(p)nāre, condemn, convict, sentence.] (webplay: believeth, sins).

1. Damn; doom, have a negative effect on.
2. Sentence; find guilty.

condemned, verbal adj. [(condemn + -ed); see condemn, v.] (webplay: death, judge, sea).

1. Doomed; found guilty.
2. Censured; denied.

condense (-s), v. [Fr. condense-r < L. condensus, thick, dense; see dense, adj.]

Thicken; collect; settle; gather; come together.

condensed, verbal adj. [(condense + -ed); see condense, v.]

Concentrated; dense; compact; compressed.

condescend (-ed), v. [Fr. condescend-re < L. condēscend-ere, stoop; see descend, v.] (webplay: friend, high).

Go beneath one's normal level of dignity without being required to do so; deign; consent.

condescending, verbal adj. [(condescend + -ing); see condescend, v.] (webplay: descend, friend).

Courteous; obliging; attentive to the needs of those in a lower position.

condescension, n. [see condescend, v.]

Voluntary descent in spite of superior rank or status in order to aid inferiors; submission; humility.

condition (-s), n. [ME condicion < L. condiciōn-em, compact, stipulation, agreement upon terms.]

1. Mode; state of being.
2. Requirement; stipulation; prerequisite.