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harge; a precept; a mandate. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.

s at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson.

o the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.

To have a joint right with others in common ground. Johnson.

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.

A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay. To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.

A mass formed by concretion. [Obs.] Johnson.

Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson.

Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.

Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.

Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson.

come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. John iii. 19.

One who confers; one who converses. Johnson.

A confessional. [Obs.] Johnson.

the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson. Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.

The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson.

The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson.

Of kin blood; related. [R.] Johnson.

The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson.