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Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. "Comical adventures." Dryden.

ime of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "modern history."

To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act. Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles. Dryden.

ng or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden. Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.…

a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordinace store department. [Eng.]

the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, wore stormy, less windy, are all comparatives. In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many.

terials from other books or documents. He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. Macaulay.

That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen.

A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.

. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.

s, resulting in an agreement. But basely yielded upon compromise That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows. Shak. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Burke. An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never faili…

Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety. While they are so eager to destory the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. Dryden.

e and prayer. [U. S.] -- Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]

may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. Story.

y, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

re up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.

ice, etc. -- Conscience money, stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into the United States treasury by unknown debtors is called the Conscience fund. -- Court of Conscience, a court established for the recovery of small debts, in London and other…

allow; to assent to; to admit. [Obs.] Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton.

the youthful consort to his care. Pope. The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. Addison.