Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-JUNCT'LY, adv.

In union; jointly; together.

CON-JUNC'TURE, n. [Fr. conjoncture. See Conjoin.]

1. A joining; a combination or union, as of causes, events, or circumstances; as, an unhappy conjuncture of affairs.
2. An occasion; a critical time, proceeding from a union of circumstances; as, at that conjuncture, peace was very desirable. Juncture is used in a like sense.
3. Union; connection; mode of union; as, the conjunctures of letters in words. – Holder.
4. Connection; union; consistency. I was willing to grant to presbytery what with reason it can pretend to in a conjuncture with episcopacy. King Charles.

CON-JU-RA'TION, n. [See Conjure.]

The act of using certain words or ceremonies to obtain the aid of a superior being; the act of summoning in a sacred name; the practice of arts to expel evil spirits, allay storms, or perform supernatural or extraordinary acts.

CON'JURE, v.i.

1. To practice the arts of a conjurer; to use arts to engage the aid of spirits in performing some extraordinary act. – Shak.
2. In a vulgar sense, to behave very strangely; to act like a witch; to play tricks.

CON-JURE', v.t. [L. conjuro, to swear together, to conspire; con and juro, to swear; It. congiurare; Sp. conjurar; Fr. conjurer.]

1. To call on or summon by a sacred name, or in a solemn manner; to implore with solemnity. It seems originally to have signified, to bind by an oath. I conjure you! let him know, / Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. – Addison.
2. To bind two or more by an oath; to unite in a common design. Hence, intransitively, to conspire. [Not usual.] Milton.

CON'JURE, v.t.

To expel, to drive, or to affect, in some manner, by magic arts, as by invoking the Supreme Being, or by the use of certain words, characters, or ceremonies, to engage supernatural influence; as, to conjure up evil spirits, or to conjure down a tempest; to conjure the stars. Note. It is not easy to define this word, nor any word of like import; as the practices of conjurers are little known, or various and indefinite. The use of this word indicates that an oath or solemn invocation originally formed a part of the ceremonies.

CON-JUR'ED, pp.

Bound by an oath.

CON-JURE'MENT, n.

Serious injunction; solemn demand. – Milton.

CON'JU-RER, n.

One who practices conjuration; one who pretends to the secret art of performing things supernatural or extraordinary, by the aid of superior powers; an impostor who pretends, by unknown means, to discover stolen goods, &c. Hence ironically, a man of shrewd conjecture; a man of sagacity. – Addison. Prior.

CON-JUR'ING, ppr.

Enjoining or imploring solemnly.

CON-NAS'CENCE, n. [L. con and nascor, to be born.]

1. The common birth of two or more at the same time; production of two or more together.
2. A being born or produced with another. – Brown.
3. The act of growing together, or at the same time. – Wiseman.

CON'NATE, a. [L. con and natus, born, from nascor.]

1. Born with another; being of the same birth; as, connate notions. – South.
2. In botany, united in origin; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or anthers. – Martyn.

CON-NA'TION, n.

Connection by birth; natural union. – [More. 1841.]

CON-NAT'U-RAL, a. [con and natural.]

1. Connected by nature; united in nature; born with another. These affections are connatural to us, and as we grow up, so do they. L'Estrange.
2. Participating of the same nature. And mix with our connatural dust. – Milton.

CON-NAT-U-RAL'I-TY, n.

Participation of the same nature; natural union. – Johnson. Hale.

CON-NAT'U-RAL-IZE, v.t.

To connect by nature.

CON-NAT'U-RAL-IZ-ED, pp.

Connected by nature.

CON-NAT'U-RAL-IZ-ING, ppr.

Connecting by nature.

CON-NAT'U-RAL-LY, adv.

By the act of nature; originally. – Hale.

CON-NAT'U-RAL-NESS, n.

Participation of the same nature; natural union. – Johnson. Pearson.

CON-NECT', v.i.

To join, unite or cohere; to have a close relation. This argument connects with another. [This use is rare and not well authorized.]

CON-NECT', v.t. [L. connecto; con and necto; It. connettere. See Class Ng, No. 32, 38, 40, 41.]

1. To knit or link together; to tie or fasten together, as by something intervening, or by weaving, winding or twining. Hence,
2. To join or unite; to conjoin, in almost any manner, either by junction, by any intervening means, or by order and relation. We connect letters and words in a sentence; we connect ideas in the mind; we connect arguments in a discourse. The strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. A treaty connects two nations. The interests of agriculture are connected with those of commerce. Families are connected by marriage or by friendship.

CON-NECT'ED, pp.

Linked together; united.

CON-NECT'ED-LY, adv.

By connection; in a connected, manner.

CON-NECT'ING, ppr.

Uniting; conjoining.