Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



1,784 words match “SOUT”

CONCISION n.
A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South.
CONCLAVE n.
nto St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South.
CONCOMITANT n.
ncomitant to greatness. Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.
CONCUPISCIBLE a.
ols reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South.
CONDEMN v.
of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. Matt. xii. 42.
CONE-NOSE n.
A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.
CONFEDERATE a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.
CONFIDENCE n.
by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.
CONFIDENT n.
See Confidant. South. Dryden.
CONGO SNAKE n.
An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.
CONJECTURE v.
om, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.
CONJUNCTION n.
at matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South.
CONNATE a.
Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." South. A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.…
CONNOTE v.
the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.
CONQUERABLE a.
Capable of being conquered or subdued. South. -- Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.
CONSECRATION n.
d. Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.
CONSEQUENTIALLY adv.
By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South.
CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY n.
ty; durability; persistency. His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. South.
CONSISTENT a.
ce to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.
CONSOLIDATED p.
consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, th…
← Previous Page 19 of 90 Next →