Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-CENT'
CON-CENT', n. [L. concentus, from concino, to sing in accordance; con and cano, to sing.]
- Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. – Bacon.
- Consistency; accordance; as, in concent to a man's own principles. – Atterbury.
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