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The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]

ached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also coulter.]

ch forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey.

A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also combrouch.]

A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. Let him see our commission. Shak.

That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.

it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. Bouvier. Burrill.

r conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. Shak.

By confession; without denial. [Written also confessly.]

r fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.

Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.

erforms the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Written also consecrater.]

One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. Fallows.

One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [Written also consigner.]

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs. Our constitution had be…

y its provisions. Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. Carlyle.

yed. Abbott. Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text. Parsons. Construction of an equation (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other. -- Construction train (Railroad)…

The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning. According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp.