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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.

See Confidant. South. Dryden.

An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.

om, opinions concerning. Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.

at matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South.

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.…

the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.

Capable of being conquered or subdued. South. -- Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.

d. Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.

By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South.

ty; durability; persistency. His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. South.

ce to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

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…

One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.

ss. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. South.

hing future; a contingency. His understanding could almost pierce into future contingets. South.

as been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South.

s sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

ty between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses. South.

e operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey.