Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'NU-SOR, n.

See COGNIZOR.

CON-NU-TRI'TIOUS, a.

Nourishing together.

CON'NY, a. [W. cono.]

Brave; fine. [Local.] – Grose.

CO'NOID, n. [Gr. κωνοειδης; κωνος, a cone, and ειδος, form.]

1. In geometry, a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis. If the conic section is a parabola, the resulting solid is a parabolic conoid, or paraboloid; if a hyperbola, the solid is a hyperbolic conoid, or hyperboloid; if an ellipse, an elliptic conoid, a spheroid, or an ellipsoid. – Edin. Encyc.
2. In anatomy, a gland in the third ventricle of the brain, resembling a cone or pine-apple, and called the pineal gland. – Encyc.

CO-NOID'IC, or CO-NOID'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.

CO-NOM-I-NEE', n.

A joint nominee.

CO-NOM-I-NEE', n.

One named or designated as an associate. – Kirby.

CON-QUAD'RATE, v.t.

To bring into a square.

CON-QUAS'SATE, v.t. [L. conquasso.]

To shake. [Little used.] – Harvey.

CON-QUAS'SA-TED, pp.

Shaken.

CON-QUAS'SA-TING, ppr.

Shaking.

CON'QUER, v.i.

To overcome; to gain the victory. The champions resolved to conquer or to die. – Waller.

CON'QUER, v.t. [conk'er; Fr. conquerir, from the L. conquiro; con and quæro, to seek, to obtain, to conquer; Arm. conqeuri. As quæro is written, it belongs to Class Gr, and its preterit to Class Gs. See Ar. قَرَا karau or quarau, and Heb. Ch. חקר to seek. Class Gr, No. 51, 55.]

1. To subdue; to reduce, by physical force, till resistance is no longer made; to overcome; to vanquish. Alexander conquered Asia. The Romans conquered Carthage.
2. To gain by force; to win; to take possession by violent means; to gain dominion or sovereignty over, as the subduing of the power of an enemy generally implies possession of the person or thing subdued by the conqueror. Thus, a king or an army conquers a country, or a city, which is afterward restored.
3. To subdue opposition or resistance of the will by moral force; to overcome by argument, persuasion or other influence. Anna conquers but to save, / And governs but to bless. – Smith. He went forth conquering and to conquer. – Rev. vi.
4. To overcome, as difficulties; to surmount, as obstacles; to subdue whatever opposes; as, to conquer the passions; to conquer reluctance.
5. To gain or obtain by effort; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer peace; a French application of the word.

CON'QUER-A-BLE, a.

That may be conquered, overcome or subdued. – South.

CON'QUER-A-BLE-NESS, n.

A state that admits of being conquered.

CON'QUER-ED, pp.

Overcome; subdued; vanquished; gained; won.

CON'QUER-ESS, n.

A female who conquers; victorious female. – Fairfax.

CON'QUER-ING, ppr.

Overcoming; subduing; vanquishing; obtaining.

CON'QUER-ING-LY, adv.

By conquering.

CON'QUER-OR, n.

One who conquers; one who gains a victory; one who subdues and brings into subjection or possession, by force or by influence. The man who defeats his antagonist in combat is a conqueror, as is the general or admiral who defeats his enemy.

CON'QUEST, n. [Fr. conquête; It. conquista; Sp. id.; L. conquisitus, quæsitus, quæstus, from quæro, to seek. The L. quæsivi, quæsitus, coincides in elements with the W. ceisiaw, Eth. ኀሠሠ. Class Gs, No. 35. The primary sense is to seek, to press or drive toward.]

1. The act of conquering; the act of overcoming or vanquishing opposition by force, physical or moral. Applied to persons, territory, and the like, it usually implies or includes a taking possession of; as, the conquest of Canada by the British troops. So we speak of the conquest of the heart, the passions, or the will.
2. Victory; success in arms; the overcoming of opposition. In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. – Addison.
3. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral; as, Jamaica was a valuable conquest for England.
4. In a feudal sense, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance, or the acquisition of property by a number in community or by one for all the others. – Blackstone. Encyc.
5. In the law of nations, the acquisition of sovereignty by force of arms. The right of conquest is derived from the laws of war. – Encyc.
6. The act of gaining or regaining by effort; as, the conquest of liberty or peace; a French phrase.

CON-SAN-GUIN'E-OUS, a. [L. consanguineus, infra.]

Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. – Shak.

CON-SAN-GUIN'I-TY, n. [L. consanguinitas; con and sanguis, blood.]

The relation of persons by blood; the relation or connection of persons descended from the same stock or common as ancestor, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage. It is lineal or collateral. – Blackstone.

CON'SCIENCE, n. [con'shens; Fr. from L. conscientia, from conscio, to know, to be privy to; con and scio, to know; It. conscienza, or coscienza; Sp. conciencia.]

1. Internal or self-knowledge, or judgment of right and wrong; or the faculty, power or principle within us, which decides on the lawfulness or unlawfulness of our own actions and affections, and instantly approves or condemns them. Conscience is called by some writers the moral sense, and considered as an original faculty of our nature. Others question the propriety of considering conscience as a distinct faculty or principle. They consider it rather as the general principle of moral approbation or disapprobation, applied to one's own conduct and affections; alledging that our notions of right and wrong are not to be deduced from a single principle or faculty, but from various powers of the understanding and will. – Encyc. Hucheson. Reid. Edin. Encyc. Being convicted by their own conscience, they went out one by one. – John viii. The conscience manifests itself in the feeling of obligation we experience, which precedes, attends and follows our actions. – E. T. Fitch. Conscience is first occupied in ascertaining our duty, before we proceed to action, then in judging our actions when performed. – J. M. Mason.
2. The estimate or determination of conscience; justice; honesty. What you require can not, in conscience, be deferred. – Milton.
3. Real sentiment; private thoughts; truth; as, do you in conscience believe the story?
4. Consciousness; knowledge of our own actions or thoughts. The sweetest cordial we receive at last, / Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. – Denham. [This primary sense of the word is nearly, perhaps wholly, obsolete.]
5. Knowledge of the actions of others. – B. Jonson.
6. In ludicrous language, reason or reasonableness. Half a dozen fools are, in all conscience, as many as you should require. – Swift. To make conscience or a matter of conscience, is to act according to the dictates of conscience, or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates. – Locke. Court of conscience, a court established for the recovery of small debts in London and other trading cities and districts. – Blackstone.

CON'SCIENC-ED, a.

Having conscience. – South.