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indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.

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.

nence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave. At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state. Atterbury.

The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance. To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

ignorance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet. And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope.

Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak.

ulgent continuers in sin." Hammond. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. Shak.

Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.

Contracted: as, a contract verb. Goodwin.

Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.

c object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical. He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles. Sir R. Baker. A convention of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, and correcting its defects. W.…

right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. Lames v. 20.…

belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience. To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. Swift. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction Bunyan.

The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

id not copy well. Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things. Dryden.

orthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. -- Cordon sanitaire (kd" s Etym: [F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.…

In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon. To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macualay.