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An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "Magdeburg Centuries." See under Century. [R.]

A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century. A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. Acts x. 1.

A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.] And on it said a century of prayers. Shak.

That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.

Having or wearing a cincture or gridle.

A climate. [Obs.] Shak.

See Closure, 5.

An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.

A fellow adventurer.

The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer. [R.]

Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

See Comfit, n.

state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound. In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy. Bacon.

nnection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [Obs.] "With comely compass and compacture strong." Spenser.

Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.

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

Same as Confiture. [Obs.]

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

Capable of being conjectured or guessed.

Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak. A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.