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1,370 words match “CORD”

CONCERT n. 2 definitions
greement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opions and viewa; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. All these discontens, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert. Swift.
CONCERTINA n.
A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
CONDIGNLY adv.
According to merit.
CONFIGURATION n.
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time. They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.
CONFORM v. 2 definitions
To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with.
CONGRESSIONAL a.
ongressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.
CONGRUOUS a.
Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent. Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. Blair. It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury.
CONIFER n.
shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.
CONSCIENCE n. 2 definitions
Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.] The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. Denham.
CONSCIONABLE a.
Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just. Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction. Sir H. Wotton.
CONSENSION n.
Agreement; accord. Bentley.
CONSENSUS n.
Agreement; accord; consent. That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor.
CONSENT v. 3 definitions
To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. And Saul was consenting unto his death. Acts. viii. 1. Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment. Fuller.
CONSENTANEOUS a.
Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
CONSENTIENT a.
Agreeing in mind; accordant. The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson.
CONSIST v.
To be cosistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed 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.
CONSISTENT a.
nt with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory. 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 consis…
CONSONANCE; CONSONANCY n. 3 definitions
Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.
CONSONANT a. 2 definitions
Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to. Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge. That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.
CONSTAT n.
A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.
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