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count; to pay due attention to; to respect. Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. Shak. England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. Sir W. Temple.

ommodities 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.

liance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy. A friendly consociation with your kindred elements. Warburton.

To plot; to plan; to combine for. Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. Bp. Hall.

devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.

to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please. Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained. I. Watts. Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them. Mark xv. 15.

. Bagehot. This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. Jowett.

ontinue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. Ps. xxxvi. 10. You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.

or persistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. Shak.

General course of conduct; behavior. [Archaic] Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel. Philip. i. 27.

for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. Shak.

Equal share. [Obs.] Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser.

To correct. [Obs.] When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl.

To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19.

. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.

ple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other. A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.

er; disposition. [Obs.] So priketh hem nature in here corages. Chaucer. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint. Shak.

course of the action. Shak. By perseverance in the course prescribed. Wodsworth. You hold your course without remorse. Tennyson.

; to woo. If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. Shak.