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Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." Pope.

To embrace sexually. [Obs.] Pope.

e to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. Pope. Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. Dryden.

dinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VIL and Bonaparte in

they shall condemn him to death. Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. Goldsmith.

iscloses its cause; to prove; to attest. Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold. Pope.

ify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. Shak.

er; to establish a bond or relation between. He fills, he bounds, connect and equals all. Pope. A man must the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.

conquer'd, let men conquer us. Shak. We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms. Pope.

n the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness. Pope.

Such is the world's great harmony that springs From union, order, full consent of things. Pope.

intrust. Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the youthful consort to his care. Pope. The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. Addison.

by with. This was a consisting story. Bp. Burnet. Health consists with temperance alone. Pope. For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist. Milton.

ntradictory. Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope. With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. And empty heads console with empty sound. Pope. I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. P. Henry.

The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. [Obs.] Pope.

y. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.

ance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet. And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope.

Acquiescence without examination. [Obs.] The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope.