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In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.

To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay. What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone Dryden.

Agreeing in mind; accordant. The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson.

racter. That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. Addison. Consistency, thou art a jewel. Popular Saying.

A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.

hing; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. Sir I. Newton. Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.

nd with contrary blast proclaims most deeds. Milton. The doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred Scripture. Whewell.

sobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

To summon judicially to meet or appear. By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayliffe.

Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

A peculiar luminous apearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

ining to a crown; ferming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." Bp. Pearson. The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.

The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. [Written also cronel.] Grose.

, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.

the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often h…

ch other throughout. None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.

iving body or its bulk. [Obs.] For he was strong, and of so mighty corse As ever wielded spear in warlike hand. Spenser.

Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.